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male: Wing, ^.86-3.05 (2.97); tail, 2.45-2.S0 (2.55; exposed culmen, 0.56- 

 0.60 (0.58) ; depth of bill at base, 0.45-0.52 (0.4S) ; tarsus, 0.80-0.87 (0.S3) 

 middle toe, 0.58-0.62 (0.60). Adult female : Wing, 2.61-2.76 (2.69) ; tail; 

 2.32-2.38 (2.35); exposed culmen, 0.49-0.50 : depth of bill at base, 0.41 

 tarsus, 0.77-0.80 (0.79); middle toe, 0.52-0.54 (0.53). 



Type: No. 42465, U. S. Nat. Mus , " ? " (i. e. <? ad.?), Port au Prince, 

 Haiti, May 8, 1865 ; A. C. Younglove. 



y?rt«^e : Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. 



Pyrrhulagra dominicana. Dominican Pyrrhulagra. 



Similar to P. noctis (of Martinique), but adult male ^vith under tail 

 coverts usually rufous or with rufous predominating; in the last respect 

 like P. grejiadensis, but duller black and size greater, the wing averaging 

 2.88 instead of 2.69, tarsus 0.78 instead of 0.75. 



Type; No. 77820, U. S. Nat. Mus., $ ad., Dominica; F. A. Ober. 



/?rt„^e._ Islands of Dominica, Marie Galante, Desirade, Grand Terre, 

 and Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles. 



Pyrrhulagra crissaHs. St. Vincent Pyrrhulagra. 



Similar to P. grenadensis but rufous throat-patch extending farther 

 backward (involving upper part of chest). 



Type: No. 740S3. U. S. Nat. Mus., $ ad., Cumberland Valley, St. 

 Vincent, Oct. 22 ; F. A. Ober. 



Range : Island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles. 



Pyrrhulagra coryi. Cory's Pyrrhulagra. 



Similar to P. ridg-vayi Cory, but decidedly darker ; adult male dull 

 black above and on anterior under parts of body, becoming dull slaty 

 on abdomen and flanks; under tail-coverts usually wholly chestnut- 

 rufous, sometimes intermixed with dusky slate. 



Type : No. S0965, U. S. Nat. Mus., ^ ad., St. Eustatius ; F. A. Ober. 

 Range: Islands' of St. JEustatius, St. Christopher, Saba ( .') and Angu- 

 illa (.'), Lesser Antilles. 



Passerina vs. Cyanospiza. 

 In the ' Bulletin ' of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. V, 

 18S0, p. 96, Dr. Coues formally sets up the name Passerma A^ieil- 

 lot, in place of Cyanospiza Baird, and gives the following reasons 

 for doing so : " The genus Cyanospiza Bd., 1S58, is given in Gray's 

 Hand-list, II, p. 97, as synonymous with Passerina Vieill., 1816. 

 This is correct. The type of Passerina Vieill. as given in the 



