BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



FAMILY 



TANTALID^E. 



Subfamily, EUDOCIMIN^. 



Genus: EUDOCIMUS. Wagler. 

 EUDOCIMUS : WAGLER, ISIS, 1S32, p. 1232. 



EUDOCIMUS ALBUS. {Linn) 



Scolopax alba. — Linn., Syst. Nat., I. ed. 10, p. 145 (1758). 



Tantalus alber. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 242 (1766). 



Tantalus albus. Gm., Syst. Nat., I. p. 651 (1788). — Wils., Am. 



Orn., VIII. p. 43, pi. 66 (18 14). 

 Ibis alba. Vicill., Nouv. Diet, XVI. p. 16 (181 7). — Nutt., Man. 



Orn., II. p. 86 (1834). — Aud., Bds. Am., VI. p. 54, pi. 360 



(1843). 



Eudoclmus albus. Wagl., Isis, 1S32, p. 1232. — Gundl., Anal. Soc. 



lisp. Hist. Nat., Tomo VII. p. 364 (1S7S). — Ridg., Norn. N. 



Am. Bds., No. 501 (1SS1). — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., No. 



651 (1S82).— Bel., But. and Ridgw., N. Am. W. Bds., I. p. 89 



(1884). — Coues, Key N. Am. Bds., p. 651 (1884). 

 Tantalus griseus. Gm., Syst. Nat., I. p. 653 (17S8). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Terminal portion of outer primaries, greenish 

 black, showing metallic reflections; rest of plumage, white; bare skin 

 of head and legs, carmine in the breeding season, at other seasons 

 much paler. 



