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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Lond., 1872, 648 (Santa Lucia) .—Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 

 57, part (Santa Lucia; crit. ). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 84, 

 part (Santa Lucia). 



\_LoxigUla] noctis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 27, part. 



LoxigiUa noctis sdateri Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, July, 1880, 166 (Santa 

 Lucia, Lesser Antilles; Mus. Comp. Zool.). — Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 204; Birds 

 W. I., 1889, 91.— RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, 1890, 129 (Santa 

 Lucia). 



\_Loxigilki\ noctis sdateri Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 12. 



Piirrhuliiqra noctis sdateri Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, 1.33, 150. 



PYRRHULAGRA NOCTIS DOMINICANA Ridgway. 

 DOMINICAN BULLFINCH. 



Similar to P. n. noctis^ but adult male with under tail-coverts 

 usualh" rufous or with rufous predominating- (rarely with black pre- 

 vailing). 



J.rZ^i/^//M/tf.— Length (skins), 121.16-148.59 (133.60); wing, 68.58- 

 76.20 (73.15); tail, 50.01-55.88 (52.83); exposed eulmen, 11.68-13.72 

 (12.95); depth of bill at base, 8.64-9.40 (8.89); tarsus, 18.29-21.08 

 (19.81); middle toe, 13.21-14.99 (14.22).^ 



Adult feiiiah.—l^Qngth (skins), 116.08-142.49(126.24); wing, 62.99- 

 71.12 (67.06); tail, 43.43-49.53 (47.24); exposed eulmen, 11.68-12.95 

 (12.70); depth of bill at base, 8.13-9.40 (8.64); tarsus, 18.03-20.32 

 (19.30); middle toe, 12.70-14.99 (13.72).^ 



^ Fifteen specimens. 



Specimens from different islands average as follows: 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Middle 

 toe. 



M.4I,ES. 



Seven adult males from Dominica 



Two adult males from Jlarie Galante . 



One adult male from Desirad^ 



Two adult males from Grande Terre . . 

 Three adult males from Guadeloupe.. 



FEMALES. 



Seven adult females from Dominica . . 

 One adult female from Marie Oalante. 



Two adult females from Desirade 



Two adult females Grande Terre 



Three adult females from Guadeloupe 



74.42 

 72.64 

 68.58 

 71.63 

 73.41 



68.07 

 65. 53 

 64.01 

 66.04 

 68.07 



54. 10 

 53.34 

 50.80 

 50.55 

 52. 07 



45.97 

 48.26 

 49.02 

 49. 28 

 47.24 



14.73 

 14.73 

 13. 21 

 13.46 

 14.73 



14.22 

 13.21 

 13.21 

 13. 21 

 13.97 



The number of specimens is too small, especially from the islands of 3Iarie 

 Galante, Desirade, and Grande Terre, to show whether there is sufficient difference 

 between specimens from differeiit islands to justify subdivision of this form. The 



