Part 5

Bohemian Waxwing

Bombycilla garrula pallidiceps Reichenow, Orn. Monats. 16:191, 1908.

Diagnosis.--Coloration: As described for the species, but more grayish above and below than B. g. garrula; darker gray than in centralasiae.

Measurements.--Wing 115.1, tail 71.7, culmen 12.6, tarsus 21.1.

Range.--Breeds from western Alaska to northern Mackenzie and northwestern Manitoba south to southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, northern Idaho, and possibly Colorado (Bergtold 1924) and Montana (Burleigh 1929); winters east to Nova Scotia and irregularly over much of Canada, and south irregularly to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Colorado, California, Arizona, and Texas.

=Bombycilla japonica= (Siebold)

Japanese Waxwing

Bombycilla japonica (Siebold), Nat. Hist. Jap., St. No. 2:87, 1824.

Diagnosis.--Coloration: Dorsum generally Brownish Drab shading to Light Brownish Drab on lower back, rump, and upper tail coverts; secondary and tertiary coverts Pale Brownish Drab, washed on outer web with Carmine; primary coverts Blackish Slate, with White edging; tail feathers Slate-Gray, broadly tipped with Carmine, bordered anteriorly by subterminal Black bar; head crested, forehead Chestnut; lores, frontals, and stripe extending around eye and nape, Black; throat Black, narrowing on lower throat; breast, sides of flanks Light Drab; venter pale Sulphur Yellow; thighs Brownish Drab; under tail coverts Carmine; bill, legs, and feet Black.

Measurements.--Wing 108.3, tail 53.6, culmen 11.2, tarsus 19.4.

Range.--Breeds eastern Siberia, northern China; winters south in China, and to Japan (Hokkaido, Kyushu), Taiwan, and Korea.

Subfamily Dulinae

Diagnosis.--Bill deep and compressed, culmen strongly depressed; nostrils circular, wholly exposed; tail even, and shorter than wing; tenth primary less than half length of ninth; under parts streaked; plumage hard and harsh; rictal bristles minute; wing rounded; humerus long and with small external condyle; pygostyle and caudal muscles not well developed; one genus, one species.

Range of subfamily.--Islands of Haiti and Gonave, Greater Antilles.

Genus Dulus Vieillot

Dulus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816:42.

Diagnosis.--Like the subfamily.

=Dulus dominicus dominicus= (Linnaeus)

Palm-chat

Dulus dominicus dominicus (Linnaeus), Syst. Nat., 12th Ed., 1766:316.

Diagnosis.--Coloration: Dorsum Olive, back, scapulars, and wing coverts more Brownish Olive; lower rump and upper tail coverts Olive-Green; pileum and hindneck with indistinct streaks of Brownish Olive; tail Brownish Drab, edged with Light Olive Gray; lores, suborbital region, and auricular regions Dusky Brown; malars Dusky Brown and streaked with Sooty Black, streaks narrower on abdomen, broader and paler on under tail coverts, bill Light Brownish Drab; legs and feet Brownish Drab.

Measurements.--Wing 85.0, tail 68.8, culmen 15.0, tarsus 24.7.

Range.--Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles.

=Dulus dominicus oviedo= Wetmore

Palm-chat

Dulus dominicus oviedo Wetmore, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 42:117, 1929.

Diagnosis.--Coloration: Like D. d. dominicus, but averaging more Grayish Olive; rump and tail coverts with less greenish wash.

Measurements.--Wing 90.1, tail 71.3, culmen 16.2, tarsus 25.1.