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aries and wing coverts edged with yellow ; under lining of wings deep 

 yellow ; under plumage deep golden yellow, with conspicuous reddish brown 

 stripes on the breast and sides ; bill blackish brown, the under mandible 

 paler below ; feet light brown. 



Second, third and fourth quills equal and longest, first intermediate 

 between fourth and fifth. 



Length 4J in. ; wing 2\-. ; tail 2 l-16th ; bill M6ths ; tarsi |. 



The female differs in wanting the brown cap, having in place of it a slight 

 wash of that color, and in there being only a few faint stripes on the breast. 



Habitat. — Barbadoes. Types in my collection, obtained by Mr. A. H Alex- 

 ander, of West Hoboken, N. J., who informed me that it is an abundant species 

 aud familiar in its habits. 



Remarks. This beautiful species needs comparison only with D. petechia, 

 and the bird from St. Thomas and St. Croix, referred to D. ruficapilla, Gm., 

 by Prof. Baird, with a ?, see Rev. Am. Birds, pp. 199 and 201 ; it is smaller 

 than either, and they do not agree in the wing formula; the present species 

 appears to have a greater extent of yellow in the tail feathers. 



It is the same species as a specimen spoken of by Prof. Baird (Rev. Am, 

 Birds, p. 202) but not named, which was brought from Barbadoes in alcohol 

 by Prof. Gill. 



Apart from its smaller size, its clearly defined and deeply colored crown 

 will distinguish it from all others. 



2. TaCHYPHONUS ATRICAPILLOS. 



Front, entire crown and occiput black, sides of the head and the hind neck 

 grayish-black ; back and smaller wing coverts dark olive-green, the rump 

 olive, tinged with ferruginous ; tail brownish-black boi'dered with greenish- 

 olive ; middle and larger wing coverts black, with greenish olive margins ; 

 quills black, the primaries narrowly edged on the outer webs with greenish 

 yellow, the secondaries with olive green; under wing coverts pale yellow ; 

 throat of a light brown intermixed with gray, and tinged with rufous ; lower 

 part of the neck and sides of the breast olive-green washed with ferruginous ; 

 breast and abdomen bright brownish ferruginous, becoming yellowish on the 

 middle of the belly ; under tail coverts black bordered with ferruginous ; 

 bill black, the under mandible whitish at base ; tarsi and toes black. 



Length (skin) 5 in. ; wing 2 J ; tail 2\ ; bill \ ; tarsi f . 



Habitat.— The Island of Trinidad. 



Type in my collection ; it was killed at Trinidad in the early part of the 

 present year by Mr. A. H. Alexander, from whom I procured it. A person 

 who accompanied him at the time, and was familiar with the birds of the 

 Island, said it was a species he had never noticed before. 



Remarks. — This does not resemble in plumage any other member of the 

 genus, and I think is probably a male ; the black crown and distinctly colored 

 under plumage seem to preclude the probability of its being a female. 



3. QUISCALUS FORTIROSTRIS. 



Male. Black, with purplish steel blue lustre, uniform throughout the 

 body, not changeable as in most other species; wings and tail greenish, bill 

 and feet black. 



Second quill longest, first between third and fourth ; tail graduated, lateral 

 feather one inch shorter than middle feathers ; bill very strong, culmen reg- 

 ularly curved throughout, commissure sinuated. 



Length 9 in. ; wing 4^ ; tail 4^; bill from front 1 l-16th ; height of bill at 

 base 7-16ths ; tarsi 1 3-16ths. 



The female is smaller, and the plumage, instead of being bluish, has a 

 brownish cast of color. 



Length 8 in. ; wing 3| ; tail 3^ ; bill 15-16ths ; tarsi 1 1-I6lh3. 



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