Cory 07i the Birds of the West Indies. Q I 



crissum, a crescent over the eve, and markings upon the chin pale 

 reddish brown, much lighter than in the male; under mandible pale. 

 Immature birds resemble the female. 

 Length, 5. So; ^ving, 3; tail, 2.70; tarsus, 90; bill, .50. 

 Habitat. Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, and San Domingo. 

 Specimens from different localities often vary in coloration and 

 size, those from Jamaica and San Domingo being somewhat 

 smaller than those from the Bahama Islands. The Jamaica bird 

 differs from the Bahama form, in being somewhat smaller; the 

 red of the throat is lighter, and the under wing-coverts are gray, 

 instead of dull white. It seems to represent a foirly good geo- 

 graphical race. Mr. Ridgway, who first separated them, describ- 

 ed the Bahama bird as Z. violacea 6a/ia?ncnsis, but as the tvpe 

 of Z. violacea came from the Bahamas, the name ba/iamens is he- 

 come?, a synonym, and the Jamaica form remains as yet unnamed, 

 should it be thought advisable to separate them. 



Loxigilla noctis (Linn.). 



,Fritigilla noctis Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 320 (1766). 



—Denny, P. Z. S. 1S47, P- SS. 

 Pyrrhulagra noctis Bp, Consp. I, p. 493 (^1850) 



(excl. sjn.). 

 Zo.v/^.'7/rt ;/oc//5 ScL. Cat. Am.Bds. p. 102(1862). 

 \l^ —Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 167.— Gray, Ilandl 



Bds. II, p. 104 (1870).— SCL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 27 

 (1873).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S74, p. 175.— Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 40.— 

 Grisdale, Ibis, 1882, p. 4S6.— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 12 (18S5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage black; superciliary stripe, and throat 

 chestnut-rufous; under tail-coverts rufous; bill and feet black. 



Female: — Upper surfiice dull reddish brown, brightest on the 

 rump; underparts olive brown; wing-coverts heavily edged with 

 rufous; secondaries tinged with the same color; under mandible 

 brown. 



Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.70; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .75. 

 Habitat. Lesser Antilles. 



Loxigilla noctis sclateri. 



Loxigilla noctis ScL. P. Z. S. 187 1, p. 270. 



Loxigilla tioctis sclateri Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. p. 166 (1880). 

 —Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 12 (1885). 



