So 



BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



b*ands ; tertials, broadly edged with yellowish white ; primaries, 

 except the first, narrowly edged with rufous on the outer rib, 

 showing a broader and much paler edging of the same color on 

 the inner webs of the same feathers ; two central tail-feathers, dark 

 brown, all the rest having more than half of the inner web rufous 

 to the tip ; bill and feet, black. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length 6.50; wing 3.10; tail 3; tarsus .85; bill .75. 



This species is generally distributed throughout the island and 

 is common in many localities. A nest taken near Samana, May 5, 

 1SS3, contained four eggs of a dull white, blotched at the larger 

 end with slate color and brown. They measure X inch. 

 The nest is a soft structure built of hair, moss, and feathers, and 

 placed in a hole in a tree about four feet from the ground. 

 Incubation had already commenced. 



No. 



Date. 





Sex. 



Mus. 



Locality. 





Length. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



3565 



Aug. 



2 5> 



1883. 



? 



C. B. C. 



f Almercen, 

 1 San Domingo. 



1 

 ) 



6.50 



3.10 



3- 



•85 



35 6 3 



Sept. 



3> 



1S83. 



3 



C. B. C. 



f Samana, 

 ( San Domingo. 



1 



J 



6.60 



3-4o 



3.20 



•85 



3568 



July 



16, 



1883. 



s 



C. B. C. 



| La Vega, 

 \ San Domingo. 



I 

 J 



6.60 



3-40 



3.20 



•85 



35 6 9 



Aug. 





1883. 



a 



C. B. C. 



f La Vega, 

 { San Domingo. 



} 



6.50 



3-4° 



3.20 



•85 



357' 



Aug. 



8, 



1883. 



3 



C. B. C. 



f La Vega, 

 { San Domingo. 



} 



6.60 



3-45 



3-15 



•85 



3573 



Aug. 



2 3^ 



1S83. 



3 



C. B. C. 



( Almercen, 

 ( San Domingo. 



X 

 j 



6.65 



3-4o 



3-15 



•85 



3574 



Aug. 



29, 



1883. 



3 



('. 1!. ('. 



( Almercen, 

 \ San Domingo. 



} 



6.60 



3-45 



3- J 5 



•85 



3S67 



July 



26, 



.883. 



a 



C. B. C. 



f La Vega, 

 j San Domingo. 



} 



6.30 



3-4° 



3-°5 



•85 



