. The Auk. Birds. 34^ Cory 07i the Birds of the West Indies. [ J"iy reflections when held to the light; forehead slightly washed with white; a dark spot in front of the eje; bill and feet black. The sexes are similar. Length, 6; wing, 6; tail, ; tarsus, .40; bill, .20. Habitat. San Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Guadeloupe. Genus Chaetura Steph. Ch(ttura Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. Birds. XIII, pt. ii, p. 76 (1S25). Chaetura dominicana Lawr. ChcEttira poliura Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 62 (1878). ChcEttira dominicana Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 255 (1S78) ; ib- Pr.
. The Auk. Birds. 34^ Cory 07i the Birds of the West Indies. [ J"iy reflections when held to the light; forehead slightly washed with white; a dark spot in front of the eje; bill and feet black. The sexes are similar. Length, 6; wing, 6; tail, ; tarsus, .40; bill, .20. Habitat. San Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Guadeloupe. Genus Chaetura Steph. Ch(ttura Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. Birds. XIII, pt. ii, p. 76 (1S25). Chaetura dominicana Lawr. ChcEttira poliura Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 62 (1878). ChcEttira dominicana Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 255 (1S78) ; ib- Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 4S7 (1S7S).—ScL. Ibis, iSSo, p. 75.—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1885). Sp. Chak.—Entire upper surface dark brown, almost black, showing a faint olive tinge to the feathers when held in the light; under por- tions dark smoky brown, palest on the throat; wings and tail dark brown; rump lighter than than the back; bill and feet black. Length, 4; wing, ; tail, 2. Habitat. Dominica. Genus Hemiprocne Nitzsch. Hemifrocne Nitzsch, Pterylogr. p. 123 (1840). Hemiprocne zonaris (Shaw).. Hirundo zonaris Shaw,in Mill. Cim. Phys. pi. 55. Hirundo albicollis ViEiLL. Nouv. Diet. XIV, p. 524. Cypsclus collaris Temm. PI. Col. p. 195 (1S20-39).—Max. Beitr. Ill, p. 344 (1S31).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860).— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1861, p. 206.—GUNDL, J. f. O. 1874, p. 114. Hemiprocne collaris Nitzsch, Pterylogr. p. 123 (1840).. 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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