Clark Description of a New Euphonia. 



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The average measurements of male specimens from each island as 

 brought out by this table are : 



* Omitting the first, apparently abnormally large specimen, 62.2. 

 f Omitting the first specimen, 38.3. 



Although the number of specimens (32) is too small to allow of any con 

 clusive results, the birds from Martinique-Grenada may be said to be a 

 smaller race than those from the north. Admitting the color into consid 

 eration, we find that Euphonia flavifrons in the Lesser Antilles shows varia 

 tions comparable to those of Vireosylva calidris, which species is represented 

 by the large arid rather pale V. c. calidris from Dominica northward (a form 

 in which, as in E. flavifrons flavifrons, the color of the crown and occiput 

 tends to grade into the color of the back), while from Martinique to Grenada 

 the form V. c. barbadense, smaller, clearer, and somewhat darker occurs. 



I have not examined the specimen "from St. Bartholomew. It may be 

 abnormally small, or may represent still another race, as in regard to this 

 species that island is in an apparently isolated position, no Euphonia hav 

 ing as yet been found on Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, or Nevis. 



The habitat of Euphonia flavifrons viscivora may be given as Grenada, 

 St. Vincent, St. Lucia, and Martinique. The range of the species is, in ad 

 dition, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Barbuda, and St. Bartholomew. 

 Possibly it may yet be found on Nevis and St. Kitts, or on the higher alti 

 tudes of St. Eustatius, as it is a bird which is, from its small size and retir 

 ing habits, very easy to overlook. 



