BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 563 



Pi/rrJiuIa nigra Vieillot, Gal. Ois., i, 1825, 65, pi. 57. — Vigors, Zool. Journ., iii, 

 1827, 440.— D'Okbigxy, in LaSagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 1838, 87, pi. 17.-— 

 (tundl.\ch, Journ. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1851, 317. 



S.\_permop}dla\ nigra Gray, Gen. Bird^, ii, 1844, 386. 



[SporopMla] iu(;ra Bonap.\rte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 498 ("Mexico"; Antilles). 



Mdojnjrrha nigra Cabaxis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1856, 8. — Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. 

 •N. H., vii, 1860, 307.— Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 103 (Cuba).— Gund- 

 LACH, Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1865, 285; Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 125.— 

 Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 206; Birds W. I., 1889, 93, part (Cuba); Cat. W. I. 

 Birds, 1892, 15, 112, part (do.).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 

 141.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 309 (near Trinidad, Cuba; 

 song) . 



\_Melopijrvha'] ni^ra Sclater and Salvix, Xom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 28. — Cory, List 

 Birds W. I., 1885, 12. 



\^Goniaphea'] nigra Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 104, nos. 7560, 7566. 



Fi/rrJiula crenirostris YiEiLLOT, Ois. Chant., 1S05. 77. 



MELOPYRRHA TAYLORI Hartert. 

 GRAND CAYMAN BULLFINCH. 



Similar to J/. /Hjjra but decidedly larger; adult male less glossy 

 black, Avith the g-loss rather greenish than violet-bluish, the primary- 

 coverts wholly white, and (in fresh plumage) the lateral rectrices 

 margined terminally with grayish white; adult female and immature 

 male much lighter in color than in JL nigra, the general color dull 

 «late, tinged with olive, darker on the head and much lighter (olive- 

 gravish) on posterior under parts. 



Adrdt ///rt/t^— Length (skins), 129.5i-132.08 (130.30); wing, 67.56- 

 72.90 (70.36); tail, 59.94-64.01 (61.98); exposed culmen, 13.21-13.46 

 (13.37); depth of bill at base, 12.95-13.46 (13.21); tarsus, 18.80-19.30 

 (19.05); middle toe, 13.21-13.46 (13.33).^ 



Adidt femcde.—hGni^ih. (skins), 120.65-129.54(126.24); wing, 65.02- 

 68.58 (67.06); tail, 57.15-61.21 (59.18); exposed cidmen, 12.70; depth 

 of bill at base, 12.45; tarsus, 19.05-20.32 (19.56); middle toe, 13.21- 

 13.46 (13.29).- 



Island of Grand Cayman, oli' south coast of Cuba. 



Melopyrrha nigra (not Loxia nigra Linnseus) Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 501 (Grand 

 Cayman); Birds W. I., 1889, 93, part (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112 

 (do.). 



Melopyrrha taylori Hartert, Novitates Zoolojjicfe, iii, no. 3, Sept., 1896, 257 (Grand 

 Cayman; TringMus.). 



Genus SPOROPHILA Cabanis. 



Spermophila {not Sper)nop}iilut< L'u\ier, 1822j Swainsox, Zool. Journ., iii, 1827,348. 



(Type, Fringilla hypoleucu Lichenstein.) 

 Sporojjhila Cabathis, in Tschudi's Fauna Peruana, Aves, 1844-6, 211; Weigmann's 



Archiv. fiir Naturg. 1844, 291. (Type, Spermophila luduosa Lafresnaye.) 



^ Three specimens, one of them (the smallest) immature. 

 -Three specimens. 



