noble: the resident birds or Guadeloupe. 385 



33. Pyrrhulagra noctis dominicana Ridgway. 

 Pere Noir. Gros-Bec. 



Thirteen specimens, adults and half-grown, of both sexes from Ste. 

 Claude July 3, and from Ste. Rose July 15th, 16th, and 20th. 



When we consider the tendency of Pyrrhulagra to break up into 

 island races in the Lesser Antilles, we might readily expect the Guade- 

 loupe bird to be distinct. This series, however, is much too small to 

 distinguish the Guadeloupe from the Dominica bird. My measure- 

 ments fall within the limits shown by Ridgway 's specimens (Bull. 

 50, U. S. N. M., 1901, pt. 2, p. 556). 



The Pere Noir is the common sparrow from the high woods to the 

 mangroves. It is the only bird that is evenly distributed over the 

 whole of Guadeloupe. Several of these birds were seen June 27th- 

 29th at the "Club des Montagnards" near the crest of the Soufriere, 

 others July Ist^th about Ste. Claude, and then on July 20th it was 

 seen again in equal abundance in the mangrove swamps about Ste. 

 Rose. The natives apply the name Gros-Bec to both sexes while 

 they reserve the name Pere Noir for the male. The birds are often 

 found in flocks in the dooryards of the houses. Its sharp chirp and 

 clear song, pseepi pseep!! pseep!!! are characteristic sounds of the 

 country villages. 



34. TiARis BicoLOR OMissA (Jardinc). 

 Olive. Mangeur d'herbes. 



Two adults, male and female from Goyave, September 5th and 7th. 



The grassquits of Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, and Bar- 

 bados instead of being referable on Grenada and Barbados to T. h. 

 marchii, and on the other islands to the more wide-spread T. h. omissa 

 as believed by Ridgway (Bull. 50, U. S. N. M., 1901, pt. 1, p. 538, 

 541) really represent a well-defined race which is apparently confined 

 to these southern islands of the Lesser Antilles. It may be distin- 

 guished at once from the two races mentioned by its different size and 

 coloration, and it may be known as 



Tiaris hicolor expectata, subsp. no v. 



Type: M. C. Z. No. 13109, (E. A. & O. Bangs Coll.) from St. George, 

 Grenada, June 19, 1904, Austin H. Clark. In measurements it is 



