. The Auk. Birds. i886.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. A\ Genus Catharopeza Catharofeza Sclater, Ibis, iSSo, p. 73. Catharopeza bishopi (Lawr.). Leticopcza bishopi Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 151 (187S) ; ib. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I. p. 486 (1S7S).—Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 228 (1885). Catharopeza bishopi Scl. Ibis, iSSo, p. 73.—Lister, Ibis, 1S80, p. 40.— Cory, List Bds. W. I, p. 8 (1SS5). Habitat. St. Vincent. Sp. Char. Male: — "The general plumage is smokj black; rather darker on the head; the sides are blackish cinereous; a circle of pure white surrounds the
. The Auk. Birds. i886.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. A\ Genus Catharopeza Catharofeza Sclater, Ibis, iSSo, p. 73. Catharopeza bishopi (Lawr.). Leticopcza bishopi Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 151 (187S) ; ib. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I. p. 486 (1S7S).—Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 228 (1885). Catharopeza bishopi Scl. Ibis, iSSo, p. 73.—Lister, Ibis, 1S80, p. 40.— Cory, List Bds. W. I, p. 8 (1SS5). Habitat. St. Vincent. Sp. Char. Male: — "The general plumage is smokj black; rather darker on the head; the sides are blackish cinereous; a circle of pure white surrounds the eye ; a large roundish spot on the middle of the thi-oat; the upper part of the breast, and the middle of the abdomen, are dull white, somewhat mixed with blackish on the throat and with cinere- ous on the abdomen; a very small spot on the chin, and the tips of the feathers on the upper part of the throat are dull -white ; the black on the upper part of the breast has the appearance of a broad band, separating the white of the throat from that of the lower part of the breast; the under tail-coverts are cinereous-black at base, ending largely with dull white; wings and tail black, the outer two tail- feathers have a small white spot, triangular in shape, on the inner webs at the end ; bill black; tarsi and toes very pale yellowish-brown, perhaps much lighter colored in the living bird, nails also pale. Length (fresh), 5I in. ; wing, 2I; tail, 2-^; tarsus, \. Two speci- mens marked as females do not differ in plumage from the ; (Lawr. 1. c.) Habitat. St. Vincent. Genus Seiurus Swains. S'<'/«;-w5 SwAixsoN, Ill, p. 171 (1827).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Ornithologists' Union. Washington, D. C. : American Ornithologists' Union, etc.
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