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 DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL NEW BIRDS FROM SANTO DOMINGO.

Fam. SYLVICOLIDÆ.

Group.

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 palustris gen. et sp. nov.

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