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claw about as long as tarsus or a little less; lateral claws not rea 

 to base of middle claw; hallux about as long as inner toe, its 

 shorter than the digit. 



Coloration.— Adult males uniform black with rufous patchei 

 latter on throat, crown, or under tail-coverts; adult females simile 

 usually duller, the black sometimes replaced by grayish; youn 

 streaked. 



Range. — West Indies; Guiana?. 



Notwithstanding its close resemblance to the type of this ger 

 coloration, the structural differences in P. iioctls are so numerou 

 striking as almost to warrant its generic separation. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OP PYRKHDLAGRA. 



a. General color black or slaty, with throat, etc., rufous. 

 h. Pileuin (except forehead and median portion of occiput) rufous. 

 c. Smaller (wing not more than 92.96, usually much less, exposed culmc 

 than 17.78) ; rufous of throat, etc., lighter. (Porto Rico.) 



Pyrrhulagra portoricensis, adults (] 

 cc. Larger (wing not less than 93.22, usually much more, exposed culmei 

 than 17.78); rufous of throat, etc., darker. (St. Christopher.) 



Pyrrhulagra grandis, adults (j 



hb. Pileum entirely black. 



c. A short superciliary streak of rufous, but no rufous mark on upper ] 



lores; bill much stouter (depth at base more than 10.16). [Pyrrh 



violacea. ) 



d. Adults with throat-patch darker (intermediate between brick red an 



rufous); immature birds grayish olive, olive-grayish, or hair brown 



(Bahamas.) Pyrrhulagra violacea violacea, adults (] 



dd. Adults with throat-patch lighter (ferruginous); immature birds dee 

 above. 

 e. Larger, but with smaller feet; adult males averaging, wing 81.S 

 69.09, exposed culmen 15.49, depth of bill at base 12.70, tarsus 20.3: 

 die toe 14.48. (Jamaica. ) . .Pyrrhulagra violacea ruficollis, adults (; 

 ee. Smaller, but with larger feet; adult males averaging, wing 75.^ 

 64.77, exposed culmen 14.73, depth of bill at base 12.19, tarsus 

 middle toe 15.24. (Haiti. ) . .Pyrrhulagra violacea affinia, adults (] 

 cc. No rufous over eyes, but a more or less distinct mark of rufous on 

 parts of lores; bill much weaker (depth at base less than 10.16). (i 

 lagra noctis. ) 

 d. General color slaty black or dusky slate. 

 e. General color dusky slate, more blackish on breast, etc. (Antigua 

 Pyrrhulagra noctis ridgwayi, adult male (] 

 ee. General color slaty black, more slaty on flanks, etc. (St. Eustati 

 Christopher; Saba?; Anguilla?; Barbuda?). 



Pyrrhulagra noctis coryi, adult male (; 

 dd. General color deep black. 

 e. Eufous throat-patch occupying whole of the throat. 

 /. Rufous throat-patch extending to upper part of chest. (St. Vii 

 Pyrrhulagra noctis crissalis, adult male ( 

 ff. Rufous throat-patch not extending to upper part of chest. 

 g. Under tail-coverts black (rarely mixed with rufous). 



