iS86. 



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Sp. Char. Mule: — Differs from true noctis hy having the superciliary line 

 much smaller, almost absent in some specimens, and in lacking the 

 rufous on the under tail-coverts; but the characters are not constant. 

 Habitat. Santa Lucia. 



Loxigilla anoxantha (Gosse). 



Spermophila anoxantha GosSE, Bds. Jam. p. 247 (1847). 



Loxigilla anoxantha ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 74; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 102 



(iS66). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 104 (1S70). — Scl. 



& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 27 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, 



Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881).— Cory. List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Head, throat, and underparts dull black; back, rump 

 and wing-coverts having the feathers edged with bright jellow 

 giving a yellowish appearance to the surface; under tail-coverts 

 chestnut: quills and tail dull brown, slightly edged with yellowish. 

 Female: — Entire upper plumage dull green; throat and breast 

 grayish, with a tinge of olive, becoming pale on the belly. 

 Length (skin), 4.25; wing, 2.40; tail, 1.40; tarsus, .90. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Loxigilla portoricensis (Daud.). 



Loxia portoricensis Daud. Traite 

 D'Orn. II, pi. 29. — Sundev. Oefv. 

 K. V^et. Akad. Fdrh. 1869, p. 597. 

 Pvrrhiila auranticollis ViEiLL. Enc. 



Meth. p. 1028. 

 Pyrrhulagra portoricensis Bp. Consp. 

 I, p. 492 (1850). — GuNDL. Anal. 

 Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 308 

 (1S7S). 

 Loxia ( Pyrrhulagra^ portoricensis 

 BryanTj Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 X. p. 254 (1866). 

 Loxigilla potoricensis Gray, Via.ndX. Bds. II, p. 104 (1870). — Cory, List 



Bds. W. L p. 12 (1885). 

 Sp. Char. Male:—K narrow line of blacken the forehead ; top of the 

 head chestnut rufous, separated at the nape by the black of the 

 back, the black color dividing it like a wedge; throat and under 

 tail-coverts chestnut rufous; rest of plumage black; under wing- 

 coverts dull white; bill and feet black. 



Female: — Similar to the male, possibly somewhat duller in color- 

 ation. ' 

 Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 3.50: tail, 3; tarsus, .95. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



