54G BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



more than iS deg-rees, the angle, however, rounded; mandible very 

 broad in middle portion, its rami rapidly contracted basally, where the 

 width is only about one-half the length of the gonj's, the latter straight 

 and but little longer than the rami; mandibular tomium highly arched, 

 but ({uite straight anterior to the summit of the arch. Nosti-ils small, 

 circular, in lower anterior part of nasal fossa?. Wing rather long 

 (about three and two-thirds times as long as tarsus), rounded (ninth 

 primar}' shorter than fourth); primaries exceeding secondaries l)y more 

 than two-thirds the length of the tarsus. Tail more than two-thirds 

 as long as wing, even, the rectrices broad. Tarsus about two-thirds 

 as long as tail, its scutella indistinct; middle toe with claw shorter 

 than tarsus; lateral claws not reaching to l)ase of middle claw; hind 

 claw shorter than its digit. 



Colorathn. — Adult male olive-green a))ove, with yellow lesser wing- 

 coverts; head, neck, and chest black; under tail-coverts rufous. 



Range. — Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. (Monotypic.) 



LOXIPASSER ANOXANTHUS (Gosse). 

 YELLOW-SHOTJIDERED GRASSQTJIT. 



Adult male. — Head, neck, chest, and u})per breast uniform dull 

 black; under tail-coverts cinnamon- rufous; rest of under parts olive- 

 g-rayish, tinged with olive-green laterally; hindneck, })ack, scapulars, 

 and rump uniform olive-green, the wings similar but duller, with 

 underlying portions of the feathers dusk}-; tail dusk}', edged with 

 olive-green; lesser wing-coverts bright olive yellow; maxilla blackish, 

 mandible more or less paler; iris brown; legs and feet '•1>lackish flesh- 

 color" (Gosse); length (skins), 102.36-115.06 (106.93); wmg, 63.25- 

 05.53 (61.52); tail, 13.43-46.74 (44.70); exposed culmen, 8. 38-9.40 

 (8.89); tarsus, 17.27-17.53 (17.27); middle toe, 11.68-12.19 (11.94).^ 



Adult female . — Similar to the adult male, but duller in color, the 

 head, neck, and chest similar in color to adjacent upper and lower 

 parts, but duller — sometimes dusky but never {'.) blackish; under tail- 

 coverts usually ( paler cinnamon-rufo.us, sometimes mixed with olive- 

 grayish; lesser wing-coverts ^-ellowish olive-green; length (skins). 

 98.04-115.57 (105.92); wing, 58.67-6u.96 (59.94); tail, 39.62-43.43 

 (41.91); exposed culmen, 8.89-9.65 (9.40); depth of bill at base, 7.62- 

 9.14(8.13); tarsus, 16.76-17.78(17.27); middle toe, 11.43-12.19(11.94).' 



Young. — Similar to adult female, but still duller colored, the pileum 

 concolor with back, etc., the chin, throat, and chest light gra^-ish or 

 olive-grayish like rest of under parts; under tail-coverts pale bufiy. 

 usualh' (?) with olive-grayish mesial streaks; lesser wing-coverts 

 scarcely brighter than rest of wings. 



^ Four specimens. ^Five specimens. 



