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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Subfamily, GEOTHLYPIN^. 



Genus: SEIURUS. Swain. 

 SEIURUS: SWAINSQN, ZOOL. JOURN., III. p. 17 r, 1S27. 

 SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS. {Linn.) 



Motacilla aurocapilla. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 334 (1766). 



Turdus aurocapillus. Lath., Ind. Orn., II. p 328 (1790). — Wils., Am. 



Orn., III. p. 88 (iS 10). — And., Orn. Biog., II. p. 253 (1834). 

 Seiurus aurocapillus. S\v., Zobl. Journ., III. p. 171 (1827). — " Aud., 



Bds. Am., III. p. 35."— Bel., B. N. A., p. 260 (1 858). — Gosse, 



Bds. Jam., p. 152 (1847). — Coues, Bds. N. W., p. 70 (1874). 



— Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. A. Bds., I. p. 280 (1874).— 



Godman and Salvin, Biol. Centr. Amer. Zool. Aves, Pt. IX. p. 



144 ( 1 SS 1 ). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 70 (1880). — Cory, Bull. 



Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 151 (1881). 

 Henicocichla aurocappa. "Cab., Gundl., J. f. O., p. 326 (1861)." 

 Tardus coronatus. "Vieill., Ois. Am., Sept. II. p. 8 (1S07).'' 



Winter Plumage, Male. — Above, olive green; crown, brownish 

 orange, bordered by two black streaks from base of the bill to 

 nape; underparls, white, with an olive tint upon the sides; breast 

 and sides of the belly streaked with dark brown ; crissum, white ; 

 legs, pale flesh color. 



The female does not differ from the male. 



Length 5.80; wing 3.05; tail 2.30; tarsus .90; bill .58. 



This species is common during the winter. We found it 

 abundant in the woods back of Gonaives and Jacmel. 



