560 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL NUSEUM. 



Islands of St. Eustatius and St. Christopher (also Anguilla, Saba, 

 and Barbuda?), Lesser Antilles. 



[Jj/.^igilla] noclis (not FringiUa 7ioctls Linn;euiH) Sclater and Salvin, Xoiii. Av. 



Neoti., 1873, 27, part.— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 12, part. 

 (?) LoxigiUa nocfis Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 239, part, 487, part 



(Barbuda).— (?) Cory, Auk, viii, 1891, 46 (Anguilla).— (?) Sclater, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892, 499 (Anguilla). 

 LoxigiUa noctis Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. ^lu?^., iv, 1881, 204, in text (St. 



Christopher) .—Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 204, part; viii, 1891, 47 (St. Eustatius) , 48 



(St. Christopher); Bird.s W. I., 1889, 91, part. 

 Pyrrhulagra noctis ridgivnyl, })art, Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, 150 (St. 



Eustatius; St. Christopher; Anguilla?; Barl^uda?). 

 Pyrrhulagra coryi Ridgway, Auk, xv, Oct., 1898, 323 (St. Eustatius, Lesser 



Antilles; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



PYRRHULAGRA NOCTIS GRENADENSIS Cory. 

 GRENADA BULLFINCH. 



Similar to P. n. crissaliis but chestnut-rufous throat-patch more 

 restricted, not extending farther backward than end of auricular region; 

 under tail-coverts sometimes partly black. 



Adult male.— Ijength (skins), 113.54-132.59 (122.68); wing, 67.31- 

 69.09 (68.33); tail, 46.99-50.55 (48.51); exposed culmen, 12.19-13.21 

 (12.70); depth of bill at base, 8.13-8.38; tarsus. 17.78-20.07 (19.05); 

 middle toe, 13.21-14.22 (13.72).^ 



Adult fe7Jude.—^ljQngth (skins), 107.95-128.78 (114.81); wing, 63.75- 

 66.55 (65.53); tail, 44.20-45.97 (45.47); exposed culmen, 11.94-12.70 

 (12.19); tarsus, 18.54-19.30 (18.80); middle toe, 12.95-13.97 (13.46). ~ 



Island of (Grenada, Lesser Antilles. 



The relationships of this form both to P. n.jyropinqua (Lawrence), of 

 Guiana (see page 000), and I*. ?i. cr/.^mlis, of St. Vincent, are very close. 

 It agrees very exactly with the former in average measurements, but 

 apparently adult males ^ of P. it. yrtKadrjtsis are more intensely black 

 and have the chestnut-rufous throat-patch extending farther liackward, 

 the lower throat being black in P. n. proplnqua. From P. n. crissalis 

 it differs in the opposite way so far as the extent of the throat-patch is 

 concerned. How far these supposed differences may depend on the 

 "make" of the skins examined it is dithcult to determine. 



\_Lo.iigUla'\ noctis (not Frlngllla noctis \Ai\iv<^\\ii) Sclater and Salvix, Nom. Av. 

 Neotr., 1873, 27, part.— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 12, part. 



LoxigiUa jiod/s Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 269, 487, part (Gren- 

 ada); ix, 1886, 614 (Grenada; habits; descr. nest and eggs). — Cory, Auk, 

 iii, 1886, 204, part; Birds W. L, 1889, 91, part.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. xii, 1888, 84, part (Grenada) . 



Pyrrhulagra noctis grenadensls Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 16, 112, 150, jmrt 

 (type from Grenada, Lesser Antilles; coll. C. B. Cory). 



' Five specimens. 

 '^ Four specimens. 

 ^ No females nor innnature males of P. n. proplnqva have been seen b\' me. 



