BIRDS OF l^ORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Adult female.— Length (skins), 189.23-198.12 (193.29); wing, 93.22- 

 95.76 (91.23); tail, 73.15-76.20 (74.68); exposed culmen, 18.03-18.29; 

 depth of bill at base, 14.48-15.24 (14.73); tarsus, 25.40-26.16 (25.65); 

 middle toe, 17.53-18.54 (18.03).^ . 



Island of St. Christopher, Lesser Antilles. 



Loxigilla portoricengis \ar. gntmlis Lawrexce, Proo. U. S. Xat. Mus., iv, Xov. 18, 

 1881, 204 (St. Christopher, Lesser Antilles; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Loxigilla portoricensis grandh Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 206 (synonymy and descr. ); 

 Birds W. I., 1889, 93. 



[Loxig'dki] portoricensis gra)idi>( CoB.\, List Birds W. I., 1885, 12. 



Loxigilla grandis 8harpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888 87. 



Pyrrhulagra grandis Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, In, 112, 132, 149. 



PYRRHULAGRA VIOLACEA VIOLACEA (Linnaeus). 

 BAHAMAN BULLFINCH. 



Adult male. — Short superciliary stripe, chin, throat, and under 

 tail-coverts, rich rufous; axillars and under wing-coyerts white or 

 partly white; rest of plumage uniform deep black, didler posteriorly, 

 where more or less tinged with slate color; length (skins), 147.07-165.35 

 (156.72); wing, 73.91-80.01 (77.72); tail, 60.96-76.45 (67.06); exposed 

 culmen, 14.73-16.00 (15.49); depth of bill at base-, 11.68-13.72 (12.70); 

 tarsus, 19.81-22.86 (21.84); middle toe, 14.22-15.49 (15.24).- 



Adult female. — Similar to adult male, but smaller and with the black 

 duller, more slaty, especially" on upper parts; length (skins), 134.62- 

 156.97 (144.78); wing, 69.31r-76.96(72.64); exposed culmen, 13.46-15.24 

 (14.48); depth of bill at base, 10.67-12.45 (11.68); tarsus, 20.07-22.10 

 (20.83): middle toe, 13.46-15.24 (14.4S).'' 



^ Three specimens. 



^Seventeen specimens. 



* Thirteen specimens. 



Specimens from the different islands average as follows 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Exposed Depth 



Middle 

 toe. 



.MALES. 



Six adnlt males from New Providence i 78. 23 



One adult male from Andros l 76. 45 



Three adult males from Abaco [ 75. 69 



Two adult males from Eleuthera I 77. 47 



Five adult males from Cat Island 78. 49 



FEM.4LES. 



Three adult females from New Providence . 



One adult female from Abaco 



Three adult females from Eleuthera 



Four adult females from Cat Island 



72.39 

 72.14 

 71.37 

 74.17 



66.04 

 68.83 

 65.02 

 66.04 

 70.61 



03.25 

 59. 69 

 61.72 

 63. 25 



15. 75 

 15.24 

 15.24 

 15.49 

 15. 75 



14.48 

 14.73 

 14. 22 

 14.22 



13. 72 

 12. 19 

 13. 21 



11.94 

 11.43 

 11.43 



11.68 



21. .59 

 22. 86 

 20.83 

 22.61 

 21.84 



20.83 

 20.83 

 20.57 

 20. 57 



15.49 

 15.24 

 14.99 

 14.99 

 14.99 



14.73 

 13.97 

 14.73 

 14.48 



