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St. Michel December 29, 1928, and a series on Gonave Island, at En 

 Cafe March 5, and Plaine Mapou March 11. 



An adult male taken by Wetmore at Sanchez May 9, 1927 had the 

 bill blackish slate, becoming slightly brown at the base of the man- 

 dible, tarsus and toes light brown, and claws dusky. 



Compared with an excellent series from Jamaica, loaned by the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, the birds from Hispaniola offer 

 no appreciable differences. They are very faintly grayer above in 

 series but the difference is too slight for consideration. Following 

 are measurements of the series at hand from Hispaniola: 



Nine males, wing 51.3-54.4 (53.1), tail 39.6-44.8 ( (41.7), culmen 

 from base 9.1-10.5 (9.8), tarsus 16.3-17.8 (16.9) mm. 



Two females, wing 52.4-52.4 (52.4), tail 40.5-41.2 (40.9), culmen 

 from base 8.9 (one specimen), tarsus 15.7-16.2 (16.0), mm. 



This little bird is from 110 to 120 mm. in length with the same 

 heavy, sharply pointed bill found in the related species. The male 

 is dark grayish green above, with the sides of the head, foreneck, 

 and breast black, the sides of the body grayish green, and the rest 

 of the underparts dull white. The female is dull greenish brown 

 above, a little paler on the breast and foreneck, and whitish on the 

 abdomen. It is distinguished mainly from the female of the other 

 grassquit by lack of the faint superciliary stripe and the yellowish 

 on the throat. 



Subfamily Carduelinae 



LOXIGILLA VIOLACEA AFFINIS (Ridgway) 



HISPANIOLAN BULLFINCH, CALANDRA, GALLITO, PRIETO, CHICHIGUA, 

 OISEAU-COQ, MAITRE-COQ, MAJOR-COQ 



Pyhrrulagra aflinis "(Baird)" Ridgway, Auk, 1898, p. 322. (Port-au-Prince, 

 Haiti.) 



Bouvreuil, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Part. Franc, lie Saint-Domingue, vol. 1, 

 1797, p. 717 (Port-de-Paix). 



Luxia dominicensis, Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1S36, p. 156 

 (listed). 



Luxia violacea, Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 156 

 (specimen). 



? Loxia haitii, Ricord, Rev. Zool., 1838, p. 167 (part ?; described from 

 " toutes des Indes occidentals * * * bords de l'Orenoque, * * * en 

 Virginie.) 



Loxia violacea, Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1867, p. 

 93 (Dominican Republic, Haiti). 



Guiraca violacea, Hartiaub, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (listed). 



Spermophila noctis (Loxia haitii Ricord?), Harteaub, Isis, 1847, p. 609 

 (listed). 



Pyrrhulagra violacea, Cory, Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 112 (Domini- 

 can Republic, Haiti). — Cherrie, Field Col. Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, pp. 

 15-16 (Santo Domingo City, Catarrey, Aguacate). 



