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yellowish green; cheeks bluish black; outer webs of primaries 

 narrowly edged with green, wanting on the first; bill dark. 



Female: — Similar to the male but paler in coloration, cheek- 

 marking dark olive and much less distinct. 

 Length, 4.20; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.40. 

 Habitat. St. Bartholeincw, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Do- 

 r.iinica, St. Vincent, Grenada, and St. Lucia. 



Euphonia Jamaica (Linn.). 



Fringilla Jamaica LiNN. Sj'st. Nat. I, p. 323 (1766). 



Euphonia Jamaica Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 238 (1S47). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 233 

 (1850). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 196. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. 

 p. 60 (1862). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 296. — 

 ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 18 (iS73).--A. & E. Newton, 

 Flandb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1S81). — Cory, List Bds. W. L p. ii 



(18S5). 

 Pyrrhuphoniajainaica Bp. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 157. — Gray, Handl. Bds. 



II, p. 79 (1S70). 

 Euphonia jamaicensis ScL. P. Z. S. 1S56, p. 2S0; ib. 1S61, p. 73. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above slaty blue ; throat and breast gray ; belly, 

 abdomen, and flanks showing bright yellow; crissum. dull white ; 

 lining of wing whitish, showing yellow on the axillaries. 



Female: — Head and neck bluish gray; back yellowish green; 

 wings showing yellowish green on the outer webs ; under surface 

 dull gray ; a faint greenish tinge on the flanks. 

 Length, 4.30; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.45. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Euphonia sclateri Bp. 



Euphonia sclatcrii ''■'BP. Mus. Par." 



Euphonia sclateri Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1869, p. 596. — 

 Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 77 (1870). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium 

 Neotr. p. 17 (1873). — Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 240 (1876). — Guxdl. J. 

 f. O. 1874, p. 311 ; ib. 1878, p. 159; ib. Anal. Soc Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, 

 p. 191 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (18S5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead dull orange yellow, bordered by a narrow 

 band of dark blue, succeeded by light blue, which color covers the 

 entire top of the head to the nape ; checks and ear-coverts very dark 

 blue, almost black; wings and tail black with bluish reflections; 

 back bluish black, distinctly blue when held in the light; rump yel- 

 low, showing a faint brownish tinge; throat yellow; breast and rest 

 of underparts dull orange yellow, showing a slight brownish tinge 

 on the crissum. 



Length (skin), 4; wing, 2.35; tail, 1.65; tarsus, 58; bill, .25. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



