7S 



BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



XI. p. 90 (1866). — Cory. Bds. Bahama I., p. 99 (1880). — Cory, 



Hull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 153(1881). 

 Tyrannus matutinus. " Vieill., Enc. Meth., p. 850 (1823)." — Gray, 



Gen., I. p. 247 (1844). — Salle, P. Z. S., 1857, p. 232. 

 Tyrannus tiriri. " Tcmm, Tabl. Meth., p. 24 (1836)." 

 Melittarchus dominie ensis. Cab., J. f. O., III. p. 47S (1S55). — Mus., 



Hein., II. p. 80 (1859). 

 Lanius tyrannus var. B. deminicensis. " Gmel., Syst. Nat., I. 



p. 203 (1788)." 



Mnscicapa dominicensis. And., Orn. Biog., II. p. 392, pi. 46 (1834). 



— Bds. Am., I. p. 201, pi. 55 (1840). 

 Tyrannulus dominicensis. Jard., Contr. Orn., p. 67 (1850). 

 Melittarchus griseus. Gund., Anal, de la Soc. Esp. de Hist. Nat., 



Tomo VII. p. 192 (1878). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Above, grayish ash, darkest on the head ; 

 a dull black patch behind the eye; underparts, whitish; ashy on 

 the sides of the breast ; wings, brown ; secondaries and coverts, 

 edged with dull white; under wing coverts, pale yellow; tail, 

 brown; feathers faintly tipped and edged with dull white; upper 

 tail coverts, edged with pale rufous. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length 8.50; wing 4.40; tail 4.10; tarsus .75; bill .90. 



This species is a resident species and very abundant in some 

 localities. The food consists principally of insects of various kinds, 

 which it pursues and catches with great dexterity. A nest taken 

 at Samana, April 18, 1883, contained three eggs which were quite 

 fresh. The eggs have a very pale brownish tinge, heavily blotched 



