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BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA.
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Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles.
- [Tanagra] dominica Linnæus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 316 (based on Tangara, de St. Domingue, Tanagra dominicensis Brisson, Orn., iii, 37, pl. 2, fig. 4; Daubenton, Pl. Enl., pl. 156, fig. 2). — Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 895.
- Dulus dominicus Strickland, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1851, 103. — Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., 1851, 583 (habits, affinities, etc.). — Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 41 (Santo Domingo). — Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1866, 403 (Jeremie and Port an Prince, Haiti; San to Domingo). — {[sc|Bryant}}, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1866, 92 (Santo Domingo). — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 152 (Haiti) ; Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 51, pl. 21, fig. 4; Auk, iii, 1886, 191; Birds W. I., 1889, 78; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 115, 131. — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 218. — Cherrie, Contr. Orn. San Dom., 1896, 13 (descr. nest).
- [Dulus] dominicus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 385, no. 5827. — Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 13. — Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 11.
- Dulus palmarum Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat., x, 1817, 435. — Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 331, part. — Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., 2e ser. iii, Dec., 1851, 585 (habits, affinities, etc.).
- A[rremon] palmarum Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1849, App., p. 16.
- Tanagra mancipium Hermann, Tab. Aff. Anim., 1783, 211 (based on l'esclave Bufion).
DULUS NUCHALIS Swainson.
WHITE-NAPED PALM CHAT.
Similar to D. dominicus, but smaller and with a white band across hindneck.
"Above olive brown; nape with a transverse bar of white; beneath cream color, with distinct stripes of dark brown.
"Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nostr.
"Total length 7 inches [178 mm.]; bill, gape 13/20 [16.5]; front 4/10 [10.5]; wings 33 1/10 [i.e., 3 1/10=78.5]; tail, beyond [wings], 1 8/10 [45.5]; [to] base, 3 [76]; tarsus 15/20 [19].[1] Edges of quills and tail feathers olive green; ears and lores blackish; tail very slightly forked; the two middle tail feathers cinereous; bill pale." (Original description.)
Habitat unknown, but probably island of Haiti, Greater Antilles.
- Dulus nuchalis Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 345 ("Brazil;" coll. W. Swainson[2]); Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 238. — Strickland, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1851, 104. — Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1866, 403, in text.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 1885, 219. — Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 191; Birds W. I., 1889, 78; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 17, 123.
- [Dulus] nuchalis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 13. — Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 11.
- ↑ Sharpe (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 219) gives measurements of the type specimen, in the museum of Cambridge, as follows: Total length 7.2 inches [183 mm.], culmen 0.55 [14], wing 3.2 [81], tail 2.95 [75], tarsus 0.75 [19.5].
- ↑ Type said by Strickland (Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1851, 104) to be in the Museum of Cambridge, England.
