. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum . k. Colombia. Salvin-Godman CoU. /. 5 ad. sk. Colombia. Purchased. y. 5> ad. sk. Yauayaca, Ecuador Purchased. {Biichley). h. PuU. sk. Ecuador. J. Gould, Esq. 41. PHCEXICOPHILIJS. 233 Subfamily V. PHCENICOPHILIN^. This _ IS subfamily consists of two well-marked genera peculiar to theishmd of ban Domingo, and remarkable for their lengthened andcompressed beak. In plumage one of them, PlicenicophUus showssome resemblance to Arremon, and has consequently been usuaUvplaced among the Pitylbice next to that genus. But the resemblanceseems to be merel
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum . k. Colombia. Salvin-Godman CoU. /. 5 ad. sk. Colombia. Purchased. y. 5> ad. sk. Yauayaca, Ecuador Purchased. {Biichley). h. PuU. sk. Ecuador. J. Gould, Esq. 41. PHCEXICOPHILIJS. 233 Subfamily V. PHCENICOPHILIN^. This _ IS subfamily consists of two well-marked genera peculiar to theishmd of ban Domingo, and remarkable for their lengthened andcompressed beak. In plumage one of them, PlicenicophUus showssome resemblance to Arremon, and has consequently been usuaUvplaced among the Pitylbice next to that genus. But the resemblanceseems to be merely superficial; and I have some doubts whether theFhosnuoplahnce ought to be included at all in the Taiiagrine seriesfamil ^^ ^°^^^ ^^y ^^y r^^^ii bere as a distinct sub- Key to the Bill slightly widened at the base; tarsi ±5. Bill constricted at the base ; tarsi rather f • -->■ longer and stouter; tail much rounded 42. Calyptophilus p ^35 41. PH(ENICOPHILUS. Phcenicophilus, StricM. Contr. Orn. lHol, p. 104 . Structure of Phanicophilus. 234 TANAGRID^. This very remarkable form, peculiar to San Domingo, somewhatreminds one of Arrcnwn in its plumage, but is at once distin-guishable by its long straight beak, short tarsi, and squared tail. luu to the Species. Cap black 1. pahiianini. p. 234. Cap grey 2. puliocq)hulus, p. 234. 1. Phcenicophilus palmarum. Turdus palmarum, Linn. S. N. i. p. 295; Vivill. Ois. de VAm. mer. ii. p. 16, pi. Oy c? , 70 2 .Tacliypliouus palmarum, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxii. p. 359; id. Enc. Mcfh. p. palmarum, Stricld. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 104; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 84, et 1857, p. 232 ; id. Si/n. Ai\ Tan. p. 22 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 92; Scl. et Salv. Noniencl. p. 25 ; Salv. Cat. StricM. Coll. ; Tristram, Ibis, 1874, p. 168; Cory, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Cbib, vi. p. 152; id. Birds of San Domingo, p. palmarum. Gray, Gen. B. Siippl. p. 16 ; Bryant, Pr. Bast. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 92 (1866). Above
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