BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 1 83 



Anous stolidus var. f rater. Coues, Bds. N. W., p. 712 (1874). 

 Megalopterus stolidus. Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 434 (1847). 

 Sterna [Anous) stolida. Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XI. p. 97 

 (1866). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Bill, black; forehead, white, shading into 

 gray at the base of the skull ; lower eyelid, white ; front of the 

 eye and narrow superciliary line, blackish; entire plumage, rich 

 olive brown ; primaries, dark brown, the first having the inner 

 web pale brown ; legs, black ; iris, dark brown. 



Length 15 ; wing 10; tail 5.75; tarsus .80; bill 1.70. 



This species is common in summer, and breeds in some 

 localities on the coast. 



The following species are recorded from some of the Greater 

 Antilles, and probably occur in San Domingo : Sterna cantiaca. 

 Sterna dougalli, and Hydrochelidon lariformis. 



