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FRINGILLID.E. 



a small speculum nearly hidden by the coverts ; bill short, black ; 

 tail slightly rounded. Total length 6 inches, wing 2-9, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 0-75. (Scl. <$f Salv. 1. c.) 

 Hub. Hoyobamba, Peru. 



15. LOXIGILLA. 



Type. 



Loxigilla, Less. Traite, p. 443 (1831) L. noctis. 



Pyrrhulagra, Bp. Consp. i. p. 492 (1850, ex Sc/iif. 



MSS.) L. portoricensis. 



Loxipasser, Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. x. p. 254 



(1866) L. anoxantha. 



Head of Loxigilla violacea. 



Range. Greater and Lesser Antilles, and (according to Mr. G. X. 

 Lawrence) the mainland in the vicinity of the Essequibo Eiver and 

 Berbice. 



Key to tlie Species. 



a. Back black. 



a'. Crown of head black ; throat rufous. 



a". Larger; wing over 3 inches : loral region 



black ; over the eye a broad mark of 



rufous violacea, p. 82. 



b". Smaller ; wing 2'4-2 - 9 inches : loral 



region black, surmounted by a spot of j noctis, p. 84. 



rufous I propinqua, p. 85. 



b\ Crown of head chestnut; forehead black .... \portoricensis V . 87. 



j grandis, p. 8/. 



b. Back yellowish olive ; head black like the entire 



throat and breast anoxantha, p. 85. 



1. Loxigilla violacea. 



The Purple Grosbeak, Catesbi/, K H. Carol, i. p. 40, pi. 40 (1731) ; 



Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 117 (1783). 

 Le Bouvreuil violet de Bahama, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 326 (1760). 

 Loxia violacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 306 (1766). 

 Bec-rond violet a gorge et sourcils rouges, Month. Llist. Nat. Ois. iv. 



p. 396 (1778). 

 Rufous throated Tanager, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 241 (1783). 

 Tanagra ruficollis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 894 (1788). 

 Pyrrhula superciliosa, Vieill. N. Diet. cVHist. Nat. iv. p. 300 (1816) : 



Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 386 (1844). 



