BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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Sp. Char., Female. — Top of head, slate color, showing a patch 

 of rufous ; entire upper parts, rufous brown, banded with dull black ; 

 underparts, very pale rufous, delicately streaked and spotted with 

 brown ; throat, white. 



Length 10; wing 7; tail 5; tarsus 1.20. 



This Sparrow Hawk is not uncommon in San Domingo. All 

 the specimens taken varied but little in coloration. 



No. 





Date. 





Sex. 



Mus. 



Locality. 



Length. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



3I5 0 



Dec. 



2 4, 



1882. 



2 



C. B. C. 



f Puerto Plata, { 

 \ San Domingo, j 



10. 



7- 



s- 



1.20 



4428 



Dec. 



5- 



1882. 



$ 



C. B. C. 



| Puerto Plata, j 

 ( San Domingo, j 



10. 



7- 



5-2 5 



1.20 



3 2 79 



Jan. 



7, 



1883. 



2 



C. B. C. 



f Magna, } 

 \ San Domingo, j 



10. 



7- 



5-25 



I.20 



3H9 



Dec. 



2 5, 



1882. 



? 



C. B. C. 



f Puerto Plata, j 

 \ San Domingo, j 



10.50 



8. 



5- 2 5 



1.20 



Subfamily, AQUILINE. 



Genus: PANDION. Savigny. 

 PA N -DION: SAVIGXY, " HIST. NAT. B' 'EGYPT, I. /. 95, 1809." 



PANDION HALI/ETUS. {Linn) 



Falco halicctus. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 129 (1766), Europe. 



Falco carolincnsis. " Gm„ Syst. Nat., p. 263 (178S)." 



Pandion carolineusis. Bp., List, pt. iii. (1S38). — Aud., Bds. Am., 

 pi. lxxxi. (1S31). — Coues, Prod. Orn. Ariz,, p. 13 (1S66). — 

 Gundl., Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Tomo VII. p. 158 (1878). 



Falco cayennensis. " Gm., Syst. Nat., p. 263 (178S)." 



