. The birds of the West Indies. Including all speciesknown to occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad . ight; forehead slightly washed withwhite; a dark spot in front of the eye; bill and feet sexes are similar. Length, 6; wing, 6; tail, ; tarsus, .40; bill, . San Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Rico, andGuadeloupe. Genus Chaetura Stephens, Shaws Gen. Zool. Birds, XIII, pt. ii, p. 76 (1825). Chaetura dominicana Lawr. ChcBtura poliura Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p
. The birds of the West Indies. Including all speciesknown to occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the islands of Tobago and Trinidad . ight; forehead slightly washed withwhite; a dark spot in front of the eye; bill and feet sexes are similar. Length, 6; wing, 6; tail, ; tarsus, .40; bill, . San Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Rico, andGuadeloupe. Genus Chaetura Stephens, Shaws Gen. Zool. Birds, XIII, pt. ii, p. 76 (1825). Chaetura dominicana Lawr. ChcBtura poliura Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 62 (1878). CkcEttira dominicatia Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 255 (1S78) ; ib. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 4S7 (187S).—ScL. Ibis, 1S80, p. 75.—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 17 (1885). Sp. Chak.—Entire upper surface dark brown, almost black, showing afaint olive tinge to the feathers when held in the light; under por-tions dark smoky brown, palest on the throat; wings and tail darkbrown; rump lighter than than the back; bill and feet , 4; wing, ; tail, 2. Habitat. Dominica. Genus Hemiprocne Nitzsch, Pterylogr. p. 123 (1840). Hemiprocne zonaris (Shaw).. Hirundo zonaris Shaw, in Mill. Cim. Phj-s. pi. albicollis \IEILL. Nouv. Diet. XIV, p. collaris Temm. PI. Col. p. 195 (1820-39).—Max. Beitr. Ill, p. 344 (1S31).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1S60).— Albrecht, J. f O. 1861, p. 206.—GuxDL, J. f O. 1S74, p. 114. Hemiprocne collaris Nitzsch,Pterylogr. p. 123 (1840). IA2 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. Pallcne collaris BoiE. Isis, 1S44, p. 16S. Acanthylis collaris Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 51 (1847).—Gray, List Sp. Fiss- p. 15.—Bp. Consp. I, p. 64 (1850).—BuRM. Sjst. Ueb. II, p. torquata Streubel, Isis, 1848, p. albicollis ScL. P. Z. S. 1854, p. zonaris ScL. & Salv. Ibis, i860, p. 37.—Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. Ill, p. 84 (1S60).—ScL. & Salv. Nom.
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