BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Adult female.— Length (skins), 189.23-198.12 (193.29); wing, 93.22- 

 95.76 (94.23); tail, 73.15-Y6.20 (74.68); exposed culmen, 18.03-18.29; 

 depth of bill at base, 14.48-15.24 (14.73); tarsu.s, 25.40-26.16 (25.65); 

 middle toe, 17.53-18.54 (18.03).^ 



Island of St. Christopher, Lesser Antilles. 



LoxigiUa portoricensis var. grandls Lawrence, ]?roc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, Nov. 18, 

 1881, 204 (St. Christopher, Leaser xVntilles; U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Loxigilla portoricensw yrimdis Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 206 (synonymy and descr. ); 

 Birds W. I., 1889, 93. 



[Loxigilla] portoric'ensis grandis Cory, List Birds W. L, 1885, 12. 



Loxigilla grandis Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888. 87. 



Pyrrhulagra grandis Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, 1.32, 149. 



PYRRHULAGRA VIOLACEA VIOLACEA (Linnaeus). 



BAHAUAN BULLFINCH, 



Adult male. — Short superciliary stripe, chin, throat, and under 

 tail-coverts, rich rufous; axillars and under wing-coverts white or 

 partly white; rest of plumage uniform deep black, duller posteriorly, 

 where more or less tinged with slate color; length (skins), 147.07-165.35 

 (156.72); wing, 73.91-80.01 (77.72); tail, 60.96-76.45 (67.06); exposed 

 culmen, 14.73-16.00 (15.49); depth of bill at base., 11.68-13.72 (12.70); 

 tarsus, 19.81-22.86 (21.84); middle toe, 14.22-15.49 (15.24).' 



Adult female. — Similar to adult male, but smaller and with the black 

 duller, more slaty, especially on upper parts; length (skins), 134.62- 

 156.97 (144.78); wing, 69.34-76.96(72.64); exposed culmen, 13.46-15.24 

 (14.48); depth of bill at base, 10.67-12.45 (11.68); tarsus, 20.07-22.10 

 (20.83); middle toe, 13.46-15.24(14.48).' 



^ Three specimens. 



"Seventeen specimens. 



'Thirteen specimens. 



Specimens from the different islands average as follows: 



