BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



7 I 



FAMILY 



I CT E R I DJE. 



Subfamily, ICTERINjE. 



Genus: ICTERUS. Briss. 

 ICTERUS: BRISSOX, ORN., II. p. 85, 1760. 



ICTERUS DOMINICENSIS. (Linn.) 



Oriolus dominicensis. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 163 (1767). 



Pendulinus flavigaster. Vieill., Enc. Meth., p. 705. 



Xanthornus dominicensis. Cab., J. f. O., 1856, p. 10. 



Pendulinus hypomelas. Bp., Consp., p. 433 (1850). 



Icterus dominicensis. Daud., Tr. d'Orn., p. 335. — Salle, P. Z. S., 



1857, p. 232. — Scl., Cat. Am. Bds., p. 131 (1862). — Cory, Bull. 



Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 152 (1881). 



Sp. Char., Male. — General plumage, black; upper wing coverts, 

 edge of carpus, under wing coverts, lower half of back, rump, 

 flanks, crissum, and under tail coverts, bright yellow ; outer surface 

 of wings, black ; under surface of wings showing the inner webs 

 of the feathers pale, becoming dull white at the base ; bill and 

 legs, black. 



Sp. Char., Young. — Throat, cheeks, and a narrow superciliary 

 stripe, black ; crown, sides of the head, and breast showing a 

 brownish tinge, rest of underparts greenish yellow ; back, ashy 



