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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Subfamily, C R O T O P H A G I N JE . 

 Genus: CROTOPHAGA. Linn. 



CROTOPHAGA: LINNAEUS, SYS TAMA NATURAi, I. p. 154, 1766. 



CROTOPHAGA ANI. Linn. 



Crotophaga ani. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 154 (1766). — Gosse, Bds. 

 Jam., p. 282 (1847). — Bp., Consp., p. 99 (1850). — Salle, P. Z. S., 

 1857, p. 234. — Scl., P. Z. S., i860, p. 285; 1861, p. 79. — Scl., 

 Cat. Am. Bds., p. 320 ( 1S62). — Bd., Bds. N. Am., p. 71 (1858). 



— Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XI. p. 95 (1866). — Bd., 

 Bwr. and Ridgw., N. Am. Bds., II. p. 488 (1874). — Gund., 

 Anal, de la Soc. Esp. de Hist. Nat, Tomo VII. p. 233 (1878). 



— Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 118 (1880). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, VI. p. 154 (188 1). 



Crotophaga minor. Less., Traite d'Orn., p. 130 ( 1 831). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Upper mandible much curved, culmen rising 

 above the head, flattened to a sharp edge ; nostrils situated in the 

 middle of the lower half of the upper mandible; general color, 

 black, showing bluish reflections ; the feathers of the head, neck, 

 breast, and upper part of the back with metallic bronze borders; 

 iris, brown. 



The sexes arc similar. 



Length 12.25; ^'ing 6.20; tail 7.50; tarsus 1.50; bill 1.10. 



An abundant resident species, generally observed in flocks 

 feeding in the fields, or perched upon the branches of some low 



