BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 



cypselim:. 



Subfamily, CYPSELIN^. 



Genus: CYPSELUS. Illig. 

 CYPSELUS: ILLIGER, PRODR. SYST. MAMM. ET AVIUM, p. 229, 1811. 



CYPSELUS PHCENICOBIUS. (Gosse.) 



Tachyornis phcenicobia. Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 58 (1847). — Gundl., 



J. f. O., 1856, p. 5. 

 Cypselus iradii. Lembeye, Aves de Cuba, t. 7, f. 4, p. 50 (1850). 

 Cypsehis phcenicobius. Scl., P. Z. S., 1865, p. 604. — Cory, Bull. 



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

 Cypsehis cayennensis. Salle, P. Z. S., 1857, p. 232. 

 Cypselus cayanensis. Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XI. p. 95 



(1866). 



Sp. Char., Male. — General plumage, dull greenish black ; 

 throat, rump, abdomen, and a narrow line in the centre of the 

 belly, white; bill and feet, black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length 3.75; wing 3.75; tail 1.75; tarsus .20; bill .15. 



This little Swift is not uncommon in the interior. At Gantier 

 a large flock were flying about over the town, but they flew very 



