jg^ Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Zool. 1854. .— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S81, p. 627.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. 



p. 20(1885). 

 Chrysotis nichollsi 'Lxw'k. Pr. U. S.Nat. Mus. Ill, p. 254 (iSSo). 



Sp. Char. — Front of head and throat dull purplish blue, palest on the 

 throat; the feathers of the cheeks green, tipped with bluish ; upper 

 part^ dark green, and the feathers tipped with dark brown; quills 

 dai-k brown, tinged with green on the outer webs, and showing a 

 patch of red on the outer web of the tenth and eleventh feathers ; a 

 patch of dull red mixed with yellow on the upper part of the breast 

 joining the throat; underparts green, the feathers narrowly edged 

 with bluish ; tail-feathers showing red at the base of the inner webs, 

 succeeded by dark green at the middle, and tipped with light green. 

 Length, 15; wing, 925; tail. 6.50; tarsus, .62; bill, 1.50. 

 Habitat. Dominica. 



Chrysotis versicolor (Mlill.). 



Psittacus versicolor Mijll. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 78 (1766). 



Cht-ysotis cyanopsisYii^scH, Die Papag. Mon. Bearb. IL P- 5-8 (1S6S). — 



ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 113 (1873). 

 CEnochrus versicolor Gray, Handl. Bds. IL P- 165 (1S70). 

 Chrysotis boiiqueti ^c\.. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 323; ib. 1875, p. 61.— Allen, 



Bull. Nutt, Orn. Club. V, p. 169 (1880). 

 Chrysotis versicolor ScL. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 627.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 



20 (1S85). 



Sp. Char. — Forehead and in front of the eye dark blue; top of the head, 

 cheeks, and throat pale blue, the feathers tipped with black; a few 

 yellowish feathers at the base of the skull ; breast red, the feathers 

 tipped with dark brown; underparts red, the feathers tipped with 

 green; back and wing-coverts green, tipped with black; primaries 

 dark blue on the basal portion of the outer webs; rest of the pri- 

 maries dark brown ; a broad patch of red on the outer webs on the 

 tenth and eleventh feathers; outer tail-feathers showing bright red 

 at the base, a band of blue extending half the length of the feather, 

 and the terminal portion being yellow; under surface of tail-feathers 

 green, having the terminal portion pale greenish yellow, and show- 

 ing the red on the base of the outer feathers. 



Length, 18; wing, 11 ; tail, 8; tarsus, .75; bill, 1.40. 

 Habitat. Santa Lucia. 



Family STRIGID^^. 



Genus Strix Linn. 

 Strix LiNN^us, Syst. Nat. I. p. 131 (1766). 



