290 Appendix lo Birds of III e \Ve:l Indies. 



Loxigilla barbadensis Cory. 



Loxi^illa barbadensis CORY, Auk, III, p. 3S2 (1886); ib. Ibis (1886), p. 472. 



Sp. Char. Male: — General appearance of Z. noclis. Upper parts dull olive 

 brown; underparts ashy brown, palest on the throat; under tail-coverts 

 pale rufous brown; a faint tinge of reddish brown is sometimes perceptible 

 on the throat and in front of the eye, but is not constant, and is lacking ia 

 several specimens; quills brown, the outer webs edged with brownish white; 

 wing-coverts edged with red brown; tail olive brown, showing numerous 

 nearly obsolete bands, when held in the light; bill and feet dark brown, 

 the latter nearly black. 



Length (skin), .5; wing, 2.75; tail, .2; tarsus, .75; bill, .45. 



The sexes are apparently similar. 

 Habitat. Barbadoes. 



Loxigilla richardsoni Cory. 



Loxigilla richardsoni CoRY, Auk, III, p. 382 (1886); ih. Ibis. (1886), pp. 472, 

 475- 



Sp. Char. — Entire plumage dull black ; no trace of rufous brown on the throat 

 or above the eye ; under wing-coverts dull black ; inner web of outer tail- 

 feather dark brown; legs and feet apparently pale. 



Length (skin), 5.10; wing, 2.85; tail, 1.95; tarsus, .95; bill, .50. 



Habitat. St. Lucia. 



Genus Volatinia Reich. 



Volatinia " Reichenbach, Av. Syst. t. 79 (1850)." 



Volatinia jacarina (Linn.). 



Tanagra jacarina LiNN. Syst. Nat. T, p. 314 (1766). 

 Passerina jacarini ViEiLL. Nouv. Diet. XXV, p. 14. 

 Spiza jacarina TsCH. Faun. Per. p. 220 (1844). 

 Volatinia jacarina Cab. Mus. Hein. p. I47. — ScL. V. Z. S. (1855), p. 160; ib. 



Cat. Am. Bds. p. 106 (1862). — Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 3 (1886).— 



Lawr. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vol. IX, p. 615. 

 Sp. Char. Male : — Entire plumage bluish black, distinct blue reflections ; belly 



shghtly tinged with brown; quills dark brown; a few white feathers at 



the carpus. 

 Sp. Char. Female: — Above rusty brown ; under plumage tawny brown, mottled 



with darker brown on the breast; quills and tail dull brown. 

 Length, 4.15; wing, 2; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .78; bill, .35. 



The specimen above described was taken in Guiana, as I have 

 never seen a West India example. 

 Recorded from Grenada. 



