QO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Hedymeles ludoviciana Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 9 (Cuba). 



Goniaphea ludoviciana Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 286 (1866); 



ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 126 (Cuba). 

 I labia ludoviciana Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (iJ 



Accidental in Cuba and Jamaica. 



Habia judariocephala (Swains ) is recorded from Cuba (^Hedymeles 

 melanocephala Cabanis, J, f. O. 1856, p. g). It has no other West 

 Indian record, and has not been cited by later authors. 



Genus Loxigilla Less. 

 Loxigilla Lesson, Traite, p. 443 (1831). 



LfOxigilla violacea (Linn.)o 



Loxia violacea LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 306 (1766). 



Pyrrhula violacea GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 254 (1847). 



Pyrrhula robitisoiiii Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 359 (1S47). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 



1S62, p. 196. 

 Pyrrhulagra violacea Bp. Consp. I, p. 493 (1850). 



Loxigilla violacea Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 231. 



— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196. — Scl. 



Cat. Am. Bds. p. 102 (1862).— March, Pr. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297. — Gray, 



HandL Bds. II, p. 104 (1870). — Scl. & 



Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 27 (1S73). — 



RiDcw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 250 (1878). 



— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 85 (1S80) ; ib. 



Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (18S1).— 



A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881). — Tristram, Ibis, 



1884, p. 168.— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 69 (18S5) ; ib. 



ListBds.W. Lp. 12 (1885). 



Spermofhila violacea Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119 



(1859)- 

 Loxia {Pyrrkulagra) violacea Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 



93 (1866). 

 Loxigilla violacea p. bahametisis RiDGW. Pr. \J. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 250 

 (1S78). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage black, showing a slight brownish tinge 

 upon the quills ; throat, crissum and crescent over the eye reddish 

 brown ; bills and legs black. 



Female: — Underparts gray, with a tinge of olive green upon the 

 back; below ash, lightest upon the belly, showing a tinge of olive 

 upon the breast and sides; quills with fine edgings of dull white; 



