74 DR. p. L. SCLATER ON DfRDS FROM JAMAICA. [Feb. 26, 



26. Spindalis nigricephala (Jameson): Sclater, P.Z.S.1856, 

 p. 230. — Tcmagra zena, Gosse, p. 231. 

 A pair of this Tanager. 



2". LoxiGiLLA viOLACEA (Linn.). — Vxjrrhula violaeea, Gosse, 

 p. 254. 



Two ex. of the male sex, and one female "in male attire," as 

 marked by Mr. Osburn. 



28. LoxiGiLLA ANOXANTHA (Gosse). — SpemiopMIa anoxantha, 

 Gosse, B. Jam. p. 247. 



Several examples of this bird, which I have often seen in Jamaica 

 collections. It seems to belong to the same little group as the pre- 

 ceding species, ha^-ing the same sort of bill, though, of course, 

 smaller in size, and perhaps not quite so much incurved. The aims, 

 properly so-called, is " brick-red," as correctly described by Gosse, 

 whereas his specific term would seem to imply that it was yellow. 



29. CoTURNicuLus TiXTCRUS, Gossc, B. Jam. p. 242. 



Two examples — the first I have seen of this bird, which is cer- 

 tainly a good species, and different from any of its continental repre- 

 sentatives. One example was obtained at Freeman's Hall, in July 

 1859, and the other in the Santa Cruz mountains, in the previous 

 March. 



30. Sycalis brasiliensis (Gm.). — Crithagra braailiensis, 

 Gosse, B. Jam. p. 245. 



One ex., a male, in full plumage. 



31. IcTEROS leucopteryx (Wagl.) : Gosse, p. 226. — Psaroco- 

 lius leucopteryx, Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 16 ; I. personatus. Tern 

 minck. 



One example. 



32. DoLiCHONYX oRYZivoRUS (Linn.) : Gosse, p. 229. 

 One ex., a female, killed in October. 



33. Nesopsar nigerrimus, Sclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 456. — Icterus 

 nigerritnus. Black Banana Bird, Osburn in Zoologist, pp. 6661 et 

 6714, et MS. 



I shortly described this bird, and gave it a generic name (when 

 noticing Mr. Osbum's letter about it in 'The Ibis '), from examples 

 in my own collection. Mr. Osburn's series contains six specimens 

 of this bird, agreeing with my own. The form must, I think, be 

 placed among the Quiscalince, not far from Scolecophagus, and next 

 to Lampropsar of Cabanis. If I am right in ray identification of 

 Lmnpropsar gvianensis, the two forms are perhaps barely separable 

 geuerically. The beak (see woodcut) is nearly alike in both ; the 

 wings are proportionately rather shorter in Lampropsar, l)iit their 



