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33. PyRRHULAGRA NOCTIS DOMINICANA Ridgway. 
Pére Noir. Gros-Bec. 
Thirteen specimens, adults and half-grown, of both sexes from Ste. 
Claude July 3, and from Ste. Rose July 15th, 16th, and 20th. 
When we consider the tendency of Pyrrhulagra to break up into 
island races in the Lesser Antilles, we might readily expect the Guade- 
loupe bird to be distinct. This series, however, is much too small to 
distinguish the Guadeloupe from the Dominica bird. My measure- 
ments fall within the limits shown by Ridgway’s specimens (Bull. 
50, U. S. N. M., 1901, pt. 2, p. 556). 
The Pére Noir is the common sparrow from the high woods to the 
mangroves. It is the only bird that is evenly distributed over the 
whole of Guadeloupe. Several of these birds were seen June 27th— 
29th at the “Club des Montagnards”’ near the crest of the Soufriére, 
others July 1st-4th about Ste. Claude, and then on July 20th it was 
seen again in equal abundance in the mangrove swamps about Ste. 
Rose. The natives apply the name Gros-Bec to both sexes while 
they reserve the name Pére Noir for the male. The birds are often 
found in flocks in the dooryards of the houses. Its sharp chirp and 
clear song, pseep! pseep!! pseep!!! are characteristic sounds of the 
country villages. 
34. TIARIS BICOLOR OMISSA (Jardine). 
Olive. Mangeur d’herbes. 
Two adults, male and female from Goyave, September 5th and 7th. 
The grassquits of Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, and Bar- 
bados instead of being referable on Grenada and Barbados to T7. b. 
marchii, and on the other islands to the more wide-spread 7’. b. omissa 
as believed by Ridgway (Bull. 50, U. S. N. M., 1901, pt. 1, p. 538, 
541) really represent a well-defined race which is apparently confined 
to these southern islands of the Lesser Antilles. It may be distin- 
guished at once from the two races mentioned by its different size and 
coloration, and it may be known as 
Tiaris bicolor expectata, subsp. nov. 
Tyre: M.C. Z. No. 13109, (E. A. & O. Bangs Coll.) from St. George, 
Grenada, June 19, 1904, Austin H. Clark. In measurements it is 
