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THE AUK:

A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF
ORNITHOLOGY.




VOL. 1.
January, 1884.
No. 1.


DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL NEW BIRDS FROM SANTO DOMINGO.

Fam. SYLVICOLIDÆ.

Group Geothlypeæ.

Synopsis of Genera.

a. Bill slightly depressed and distinctly notched; rictal bristles very short, sometimes wanting; wings short and rounded, about the length of the tail; first primary shorter than fourth; tail long. rounded or graduated legs short: tarsus as long as the head: belly yellow: legs yellow.

b'. Bill elongated, somewhat depressed, distinctly notched at tip: rictal bristles short; wings rounded and equal in length to the tail; tail long and rounded; legs and feet stout; tarsus not as long as the head; belly and legs not yellow.

Ligea[1] palustris gen. et sp. nov. Plate I.

Adult male: Crown. nape, and upper portion of back slaty-plumbeous; rest of back and upper surface of wings and tail yellowish-green: throat, breast, and sides grayish-plumbeous, showing a dull orange tinge on the sides, darkest on the flanks; middle of the throat with a slight grayish tinge, and the middle of the belly distinctly white; outer webs of primaries, and most of the secondaries yellowish-green, giving to the wing a

  1. Λιγεία.