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14. Saltator guadeloupensis, Lafr. 

 •'' • Gro-sbcc' 



•• Leugtli, 9 , 9 iu. ; alar extent, 13 ; wing, 4^. 



••Xot abimdaut; same habits and frequents same places as that of 

 Martinique and Dominica." 



Fam. FRINGir.LID^. 



15. Loxigilla noctis (Liun.). 



•• 'P^re noir', <?. 'Moisson', 9. 



••Length, (?,5Jiu. ; alar extent, *J j wing, o. 



•'Length, 9, 5^ in.; alar extent, 8|; wing, 2f. 



•'Bather numerous. The female of this species is here called the 

 ^gros bee'; iu the other French speaking islands the 'moisson'. In all, 

 however, the ' pere noir ' is applied to the male. It was a long wMle 

 before I found out that these two were the same species, they are so 

 dissimilar. The young of the first year resembles the female, as I first 

 surmised in St. Vincent and proved in Dominica." 



16. Phouiparabicoloi (Limi.). 

 •' ' Mangeur d'Herbes.' 



•'Length, <?, 4| in. ; alar extent, G ; wing, 2. 

 -' Length, 9 , 4| in. ; alar extent, 6^ ; wing, 2." 



Fam. ICTERID^. 



17. Quiscalus guadeloupensis, Lawr. 

 '' ' Merle.' 



•'For a loiig time, says my friend Monsieur St. Felix Colardeau, these 

 Thirds might be found on the east bank of the Eivi^re des Bananiers, and 

 never north of it. This remained a boundary Une for many years, but 

 at prcvsent the bird is spread over all the lowlands of the island. Yery 

 common in the island of Grande Terre, which is flat and low." 



Male : The general plumage is of a deep purplish-violet ; the wing- 

 coverts have a decided green lustre ; tail bla<ik, glossed with green ; 

 quills black, with a gTcenish tinge ; bill and feet black. 



Length (fresh), 10|^ inches; ^ving, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, If^. 



Female : The crown is ashy -brown ; hind neck and ui)X)er part of back 

 ohvaceous-brown ; lower part of back and upper tail-coverts blackish- 

 brov\Ti: ^\^ngs and tail black, the latter slightly glossed with green j 

 throat ashy-\yhit<}, a narrow dusky line extends down on each side of it 

 from the under mandible ; lower part of neck and breast dark ash tinged 

 with fulvous; lower |)art of abdomen, sides, and under tail-coverts 

 smoky -brown ; l)ill and feet black. 



Length (fresh), 9.^ inches; wing, 4|; tail, 3.], 



At first sight, this species appears much like Q. injlcxirostris from. 

 Martinique, but it is a little larger and the 1)ill is straighter. The 



