BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 87 
one egg about an inch long, in color like that of a common Duck, 
that is, of a sullied white.” 
I have followed the older authors in calling this bird the Purple 
Grosbeak, but I do not think the name a good one, as I have never 
seen a specimen which showed the least signs of purple, although 
several in my collection have a faint greenish tinge on the back. 
This is the Coccothraustes purpurea of Catesby. 
LOXIGILLA NOCTIS. (Linn.) 
BLACK GROSBEAK. 
Local Name.— Black Charles. 
Adult Male.— General plumage, black; a narrow superciliary 
stripe, chin-patch (reaching the sides of the throat), and crissum, 
brownish red; bill and legs, black. 
Adult Female.— Resembling the female Z. wzolacea, somewhat 
smaller. Immature birds often show much gray. 
Length 5.25, wing 2.75, tail 2.20, tarsus .60, bill .4o. 
The present species was quite common in Inagua during the 
months of May and June, but whether it is a resident, or simply a 
summer visitant from some of the more southern islands, I am 
unable to say. Its habits, as far as I was able to observe, appeared 
to be the same as those of Z. véolacea, to which it is very closely 
allied. 
