BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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Cyanopterus discors. Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 401 (1847). 

 Anas (Querqucdula) discors. Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 XI. p. 97 (1S66). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Above, dark brown, the feathers edged and 

 streaked with tawny ; underparts, pale reddish white, thickly 

 mottled with dull brown spots, showing a tinge of pink on the 

 flanks and lower part of the breast ; head, gray, with a purplish 

 tinge ; chin and top of the head, velvety black, the latter bordered 

 by white, joining at the base of the crown, and continuing down 

 the nape ; a triangular white patch in front of the eye, reach- 

 ing to the throat ; a white patch upon either side of the tail at 

 the base ; tail-feathers, pointed, dark brown, tipped with tawny ; 

 wings showing large patches of light blue, metallic green, and 

 white. 



Female easily recognized by the absence of the white on the 

 head. 



Length 15.30; wing 7.05; tail 2.85; tarsus 1.25; bill 1.60. 



Dr. Bryant records this species from San Domingo. None 

 were met with by our party, but it is no doubt common at some 

 seasons. 



The following species probably occur in San Domingo. 



Guncllach records them all from Porto Rico, and they have been 



taken in most of the islands of the Greater Antilles : Marcca 



americana, Spatula clypeata, Fuligula affinis, Fulignla collaris, 



Erismatura rubida, Erisniatura domiuica. 

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