2o6 Cory o« the Birds of the West Indies. [April 



Loxigilla portoricensis grandis. 



Loxigilla portoricensis x'ux. grandis Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. IV, p. 



204 (1S81). 

 Loxigilla portoricensis gra?idis CoKY, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Larger than Loxigilla portoricensis, and liaving the 

 rufous chestnut coloring darker. 



Length (skin), 8; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.25; tarsus, i. 

 Habitat. St. Christopher. 



^ Dr. Giindhich records ^^ Cardinalis virginiamis" (Repert. 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 397, 18S6), as occurring in Cuba. It is 

 possible that the specimen in question was an escaped cage bird, 

 although there is no reason why it should not occasionally occur 

 there, being common in Florida. 



Genus Melopyrrha Bp. 

 Melopyrrka Bonaparte. Compt. Rend. XXXVII, p. 924 (1853). 



Melopyrrha nigra (Linn.). 



Loxia nigra Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 306 (1776). 



Pyrrkula crenirostris "Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. 77 (1805)." 



Pyrrhula nigra Vigors, Zool. Journ. 1827, p. 440. — Vieill. Gal. Ois. I, 

 p. 65. pi. 57 (1834). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 

 108 (1S40).— GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 317 (1S51). 



Melopyrrha nigra Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 8. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 103 (1862).— 

 GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I. p. 2S5 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1874, 

 p. 125. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 104 (1870). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 28 (1S73).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Upper surface dull black, showing a tinge of bluish 

 when held in the light, brightest on the head ; under surface black- 

 ish, becoming dusky on the belly; primaries broadly edged with 

 white on the basal half of the inner webs, some of the primaries 

 delicately edged with white, showing distinctly on the fourth and 

 fifth ; wing-coverts broadly marked with white; carpus and under 

 wing-coverts white ; tail brownish black. 



The female is similar to the male but slightly duller in plumage. 



Length (skin), 5.75; wing, 2: tail, 2.25; tarsus, .68. 



Habitat. Cuba. 



Genus Loximitris Bryant. 



Loximitris Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI. p. 93 (1S66). 



