i8S6.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. iqq 



Piranga erythromelas Vieill, 



Tauagra rubra Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 314 (1766). 



Piranga erythromelas Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XXVIII, p. 293 (1819). 



Pyranga rubra D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 78 (1840). 

 — GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 235 (1847). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 197 

 (Jamaica).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 296 

 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 23S (186;;). — 

 A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1S81). — Cory, List Bds. 

 W. I. p. II (18S5). 



Phcenicosoina rubra GcNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 477 (Cuba). 



Cuba and Jamaica ; it has also been taken in the Barbadoes, 

 a specimen so labelled being in the U. S. National Museum. 



Genus Nesospingus Scl. 



JVesospingus Sclater. Ibis. 1885, p. 273. 



Nesospingus speculiferus (Lawr.). 



Chlorospingus speculiferus Lawr. Ibis, 1S75, p. 3S3, pi. 9. — Bouc. Cat. 



Avium, p. 246 (1876). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1878, p. 159; ib. 1S82, p. 



161; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 190 (1878). — Cory, List 



Bds. W. I. p. II (1885). 

 Nesospingus speculiferus ScL. Ibis, 18S5, P- -73- 



Sp. Char. Male: — "Entire upper plumage and sides of the head olive 

 brown; the feathers of tiie crown have their centres dark brown 

 with their margins grayish ; the two central tail-feathers are 

 coloured like the back, the others are light reddish brown and ai-e 

 closely crossed with nearly obsolete darker bars; quill-feathers dark 

 brown, first, edged with gray on the outer primaries, the outer webs 

 of the fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries are marked near their bases 

 with white, partly concealed by the wing-coverts, the portion 

 beyond the coverts appearing as a small triangular spot; the under 

 plumage is grayish white, and has a somewhat mottled appearance, 

 owing to the darker bases of the feathers showing a little; the sides 

 are dusky, with a tinge of rufous ; under tail-coverts light rufous, 

 with dusky centres ; upper mandible dark brown, the under, pale 

 brownish white; tarsi and toes brownish black. Length, 6.^ inches; 

 wing, 3i ; tail, 2\\ bill, |; tarsus, J." (Lawr. 1. c, orig. descr.) 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



Genus Phcenicophilus Strickl. 

 Phivnicophilus •■Strickland, Contr. Orn. p. 104, 1861." 



