Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 283 



what is known of its migration in neighboring regions. Mr. Link 

 saw a single individual at Caleta Grande, on the " south coast," about 

 April 19. 



138. Melopyrrha nigra (Linnaeus). Cuban Bullfinch. 



Melopyrrha nigra Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 215 (Punta del Este). 

 "Cuban Bullfinch" Read, Oologist, XXX, 1913, 130 (I. of Vines, fide G. A. Link). 



Eight specimens: Caleta Grande and Hato. 



All but two of these are adult males, not one of which shows any 

 intermixture of black on the primary-coverts, such as is said to dif- 

 ferentiate M. nigra on the one hand from M. taylori on the other. A 

 series of Cuban specimens, which I have been able to examine in this 

 connection, are absolutely indistinguishable from the Isle of Pines 

 specimens. It is evident, therefore, that Mr. Ridgway's use of this 

 particular character in his diagnosis of the two forms in question 

 {Birds of North and Middle America, I, 1901, 562) must have been 

 based on immature birds, for it is certainly quite misleading. 



A female in juvenal plumage, dated April 22, is duller than the 

 adult, and the feathers of the back, wings, and posterior under surface 

 are edged and tipped with rufescent brown. 



This species was only encountered on the " south coast," where it 

 was not common. Most of the specimens were shot in the low shrubby 

 thickets, feeding among the blossoms of Jatropha glaucovirens. It 

 " appears to be restricted in the Isle of Pines to the dry, brushy country 

 south of the Cienaga and even there is not at all common." Mr^ 

 Zappey 's only specimen was taken at Punta del Este. 



139. Tiaris olivacea olivacea (Linnaeus). Yellow-faced Grassquit. 



Tiaris olivacea olivacea Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 214 (Santa Fe 

 and Cayo Bonito; meas.; crit.; habits). — Read, Bird-Lore, XIII, 1911, 44 

 (McKinley); XV, 1913, 45, and XVI, 1914, 50 (Santa Barbara). 



Tiaris olivacea Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 190 (I. of Pines; descr. ; habits); 

 XXVIII, 1911, 12 (I. of Pines). 



"Yellow-faced Grassquit" Read, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 84 (McKinley to Nueva 

 Gerona); XXVIII, 1911, 45 (Santa Barbara Mountain, etc.), 6, 11 (Nuevas 

 River), 113 (West McKinley); XXX, 1913, 123 (Pine River), 125, 127 (Santa 

 Barbara), 130 (I. of Pines). 



Twenty-six specimens: Bibijagua, Los Indios, Nueva Gerona, and' 

 Caleta Grande. 



This series shows considerable variation as regards the size of the 



/ 



