BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 549 



/i. Larger, averaging, wing 71.6,3, tail 51.82, exposed culmen 12.70 

 depth of bill at base 9.65, tarsus. 19.56, middle toe 11.18. 

 (Martinique.) Pyrrhulagfra noctis noctis, adult male (p. 554) 



hh. Smaller, averaging, wing 69.34, tarsus 48.51, exposed culmen 



12.45, depth of bill at base 8.13, tarsus 19.05, middle toe 



13.46. (Santa Lucia.) 



Pyrrhulagra noctis sclateri, adult male (p. 555) 



gg. Under tail-coverts usually chestnut-rufous (sometimes mixed with 



black). 



h. Duller black; larger, averaging, wing 73.15, tail 5:i.83, exposed 



culmen 12.95, depth of bill at base 8.89, tarsus 19.81, middle 



toe 14.22. (Guadeloupe, Grand Terre, Desirad^, Marie Galante, 



Dominica.) ...Pyrrliulagra noctis dominicana, adult male (p. 556) 



Ml. Deeper black; smaller, averaging, wing 68.33, tail 48.51, exposed 



culmen 12.70, depth of bill at base 8.88, tarsus 19.05, middle 



toe 13.72. (Grenada.) 



Pyrrhulagra noctis grenadensis, adult male (p. 560) 

 ee. Eufous throat-patch restricted to upper half or two-thirds of throat; 

 otherwise like P. n. grenadensis. (Guiana.) 



Pyrrhulagra noctis propinqua, adult male (extralimital).' 

 oa. General color olivaceous, lighter below. 

 b. Greater wing-coverts concolor with rest of wings; bill stout, little compressed. 

 c. Under parts, except under tail-coverts, uniform olive, but little lighter than 

 upper parts. 

 d. Larger (wing more than 95.25; exposed culmen, 17.78 or more). 



Pyrrhnlagra grandis, young (p. 550) 

 dd. Smaller (wing less than 95.25; exposed culmen less than 17.78). 



Pyrrhnlagra portoricensis, young (p. 550) 

 cc. Under parts, except under tail -coverts, lighter olive or olive-grayish, decid- 

 edly paler than upper parts, and much paler on abdomen than on chest. 



d. Chest, etc., olive-grayish Pyrrhnlagra violacea violacea, young (p. 552) 



dd. Chest, etc., olive or greenish olive. 

 e. Darker olive above, the chest, etc., clear olive. 



Pyrrhnlagra violacea rnficollis, young (p. 552) 

 ee. Lighter olive above, the chest, etc., lighter and more greenish-olive. 



Pyrrhnlagra violacea affinis, 5'oung (p. 553) 

 bb. Greater wing-coverts edged with rusty or buffy, in more or less marked con- 

 trast with general color of wing; bill more slender, much compressed, 

 u. Lores, etc., more or leas strongly suffused with pale rusty or buffy. 



Pyrrhnlagra noctis noctis, female and j'oung. 

 Pyrrhnlagra noctis sclateri, female and young. 

 Pyrrhnlagra noctis dominicana, female and young. 

 Pyrrhnlagra noctis ridgwayi, female and young. 

 Pyrrhnlagra noctis coryi, female and young. 

 Pyrrhnlagra noctis crissalis, female and young. 

 Pyrrhnlagra noctis grenadensis, female and young. 

 (T) Pyrrhnlagra noctis propinqua, female and youug. 

 cc. Lores, etc., without pale rusty or buffy suffusion. 



Pyrrhnlagra barbadensis, adult male and female and young (p. 561) 



^Loxigilla noctis var. propinqua Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, July 31, 1878, 

 "8, in text (Essequibo R., British Guiana; coll. G. N. Lawrence). — Loxigilla pro- 

 pmjua Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 85. 



