BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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Sp. Char., Male. — General plumage plumbeous, a patch of black 

 extending from below, and in front of the eye, to the base of the upper 

 mandable ; throat, white, streaked heavily with black ; top of head 

 somewhat dotted with brown ; underparts, pale plumbeous, becoming 

 white on the abdomen and crissum ; primaries, dark brown, the outer 

 webs edged with plumbeous gray; same marking, but much broader 

 edging on the secondaries ; tail, dark brown, the outer feathers broadly 

 tipped with white, the white becoming less and less to the fourth, 

 which is only narrowly touched; but the tail marking varies in 

 different specimens and seasons ; bill, eyelids, and legs, vermilion- 

 orange ; iris, reddish brown. 



Length 10; wing 5.20; tail 4.70; tarsus 1.40; bill .75. 



The sexes are similar. 



The present Thrush is found wherever there are large trees in all 

 parts of the island. It was very abundant in the vicinity of Fort 

 Jacques, at an altitude of 2,500 feet above the sea level. On the coast 

 it prefers the thickest and most secluded localities ; but high up in the 

 mountains we often observed it flying about in the open. Its note 

 somewhat resembles that of the Robin {Turdus migratorms). The 

 breeding season is in December and January. A nest taken near 

 Puerto Plata, Jan. 9, contained two eggs, in which incubation had 

 already commenced. The nest was built about three feet from the 

 ground, in the crotch of a small tree, surrounded by a dense growth 

 of underbrush. The eggs are dull bluish white, heavily blotched with 

 brown, and measure 1 tVV x tVo • The food consists mainly of insects 

 and berries. 



