IQA. Cory 01/ the Birds of the West Indies. [April 



yellowish green; cheeks bluish black; outer webs of primaries 

 narrowly edged with green, wanting on the first; bill dark. 



Female: — -Similar to the male but paler in coloration, cheek- 

 marking dark olive and much less distinct. 



Length, 4.20: wing. 2.30; tail, 1.40. * 



Habitat. St. Bartholeinevv, Miutinique, Guadeloupe, Do- 

 minica, St. Vincent, Grenada, and St. Lucia. 



Euphonia Jamaica (Linn.). 



Frii/ff/lla Jamaica Linn. Syst. Nat. L p. 2,2^ (1766). 



EuJ>honia Jamaica Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 23S (1S47). — Bp. Consp. L P- 233 

 (1850). — Albrecht, J. f". O. 1S62, p. 196. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. 

 p. 60 (1S62).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 296.— 

 Sol. (& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. iS (iS73).--A. & E. Newton, 

 Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (iSSi). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. n 

 (18S5). 



Pyrrhuphonia Jamaica Bp. Rev. Zool. 1851, p. 157.^ — Gray, Ilandl. Bds. 

 II, p. 79 (1870). 



Euphonia Jamaiccnsis ScL. P. Z. S. 1S56. p. 280; //'. 1861, p. 73. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above slaty blue; throat and breast gray; belly, 

 abdomen, and flanks showing bright yellow; crissum dull white; 

 lining of wing whitish, showing yellow on the axillaries. 



Female: — Head and neck bluish gray; back yellowish green; 

 wings showing yellowish green on the outer webs ; under surface 

 dull gray; a ftiint greenish tinge on the flanks. 

 Length, 4.30; wing, 2.50; tail. 1.45. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Euphonia sclateri Bp. 



Euphonia sclaterii ''VtV. Mus. Par." 



Euphonia sclateri '^VJ>iiiE.v. OeW. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 596. — 

 Gray, llandl. Bds. II, p. 77 (1870).— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium 

 Neotr. p. 17 (1873). — Bouc. Cat. Avium, p. 240 (1876). — Gundl. J. 

 f. O. 1874, p. 311 ; il>. 1878. p. 159; ib. Anal. Soc Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, 

 p. 191 (1S78).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 11 (18S5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead dull orange yellow, bordered by a narrow 

 band of dark blue, succeeded by light blue, which color covers the 

 entire top of the head to the nape ; cheeks and ear-coverts very dark 

 blue, almost black;, wings and tail black with bluish reflections; 

 back bluish black, distinctly blue when held in the light; rump yel- 

 low, showing a faint brownish tinge; throat yellow; breast and rest 

 of underparts dull orange yellow, showing a slight brownish tinge 

 on the crissum. 



Length (skin), ^ ; wing, 2.35: tail. 1.65; tarsus, 58; bill, .25. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



