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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Sfl. Chat'., Female. — Top of the head and neck, brownish ash, 

 becoming darker on the back ; the feathers of the back and 

 tertiaries edged with rufous ; underparts, dark rufous, the feathers 

 narrowly banded with white ; thighs showing the rufous much 

 brighter, the feathers banded with very fine pale lines ; crissum, 

 white, with rufous bands near the tips ; underpart of breast, slaty, 

 shading into dull white on the throat; the shafts of the feathers 

 on the throat and breast dark brown, showing in hair-like lines ; 

 the rest as in the male. 



Length 14.50; wing 10; tail 6.45; tarsus 2.65; bill 1.25. 



Immature Male. — In general appearance much like Btiteo 

 pcnnsylv aniens ; underparts, dull white, the feathers slightly tinged 

 with rufous, the centre of the surface feathers showing a stripe of 

 brown, giving the body a striped appearance ; thighs, rufous, but 

 paler than in the adult; above, much resembling the adult; the 

 white wing and tail bands replaced by rufous bands on the terminal 

 half of the feathers. 



This species seems to be not uncommon in the valley of the 

 Yuma River, but it is nowhere abundant. Nothing is known 

 regarding its habits. 



No. Date. Sex. Mus. Locality. Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



3364 Jan. 3 T,x88 3 . 9 C.B.C..{ San M ^ g0; } I4 . S ° 10. 6.45 2-65 



3262 April 3,1883. 0 C. B. C. jsaif Domingo. } IO " 6 " 



3420 Sept. 4, 1883. S C. B. C » j Saif Do^iogo. } ^ 9-4o 6. 



34.9 Aug. . 7 ,«88 3 : $ C. B. C. I s^DomirYgo. } '3-75 9-5 6- 2.65 



