. The Auk. Birds. .{6o Cory 07i the Birds of the West Tndies. [July Priotelus temnurus (Temm.). Tt-ogon tfmnnrns Temm. PI. Col. No. 326 (1S20-39). — Vigors, Zool. , p. 443.—Gould, Mon. Trog. pt. II (1S35).— D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. I^s. Cuba, 165(1840).—GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 319 (1857). Priotelus temnnrns Bp. Consp. I, p. 150 (1S50). GUNDL. J. f. O. 1856, p. 106.—Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). Gr.\y, Handl. Bds. I, p. 83. (1869) —GrNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 298 (1S66); ih. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 165. Priofitcies temnurus
. The Auk. Birds. .{6o Cory 07i the Birds of the West Tndies. [July Priotelus temnurus (Temm.). Tt-ogon tfmnnrns Temm. PI. Col. No. 326 (1S20-39). — Vigors, Zool. , p. 443.—Gould, Mon. Trog. pt. II (1S35).— D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. I^s. Cuba, 165(1840).—GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 319 (1857). Priotelus temnnrns Bp. Consp. I, p. 150 (1S50). GUNDL. J. f. O. 1856, p. 106.—Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). Gr.\y, Handl. Bds. I, p. 83. (1869) —GrNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 298 (1S66); ih. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 165. Priofitcies temnurus .ScL. & S.\LV. Nom. A\iiini Neotr. p. 103 (1S73). Prio7ioteles tevinurns Ct)KY. List Bdb. W. I. p. iS (1S85).. Sp. Char. yi/(;/t'.—Top of tiie head dark blue, purplish on the crown; back bright green, sliowing a tinge of bluish in some lights; rump snowing distinctl\- bluish, green in some lights ; throat white, shad- ing into gray on tlie breast; belly and under tail-coverts bright red : tail-feathers square at the tips, the two central feathers green on the inner webs, bluish on the outer; rest of tail, the three outer feathers, blue; outer tail-feather having the terminal half dull white, gravish on the outer web; basal half of the inner web of outer tail-feather dark blue ; the second and third feathers nearly the same, but having the white on the outer web more re- stricted ; on the third feather the white appears only in two or three spots, but the terminal portion of the feather for an inch or more is entirely dull grayish white; primaries dark brown, the feathers heaxily barred with white on the outer web; some of the coverts also banded with white; lower mandible reddish; upper mandible dark brown. The are similar. Length, 10: wing, 5: tail, 5; tarsus, .50; bill, .62. H.\niTAT. Ctiba. Gknis Temnotrogon « Tciniiotlogon •"B(>.x.\p.\ri'k, Consp. \'olucr. Z\'godact. No. 8, p. 14, ; Temnotrogon roseigaster (Vieil
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