BIRDS OF NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



553 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 149.35-163.58(159.00); wing, 81.28- 

 84.33 (82.65); tail, 67.82-72.39 (70.10); exposed culmen, 14.99-16.51 

 (15.75); depth of bill, 12.19-13.21 (12.95); tarsus, 20.32-20.83 (20.57); 

 middle toe, 14.22-15.49 (14.73).' 



Adult feinale.— Length (skins), 147.57-152.40 (150.37); wing, 74.68- 

 77.72 (76.20); tail, 63.50-66.04 (64.52); exposed culmen, 13.97-15.24 

 (14.48); depth of bill at base (three specimens), 11.18-12.45 (11.68); 

 tarsus, 19.30-20.57 (20.D7); middle toe, 13.46-14.73 (14.22).' 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. 



[Tanagra^ ruficollis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 894 (.Jamaica; based on 

 Rufous-ihroale.d Tanager Latham, Synopfiy Birds, ii, pt. i, 241). 



[Pyrrhulagra] ruficollis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 493. 



Pyrrhula violacea (not Lo.rin riolacea LinnEeus) Gorse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 2.54; 

 lUustr. Birds Jam., 1849, pi. 66. 



LoxigUla riolaceaSci^\TER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, 74 (Jamaica); Cat. Am. 

 Birds, 1862, 102, part (Jamaica).— Albrecht, Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 196 (Ja- 

 maica) . — March, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 297 (Jamaica). — Cory, 

 Auk, iii, 1886, 203, part (Jamaica) ; Birds W. I., 1889, 90, part (do. ).— Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 82, part (Jamaica). — Scott, Auk, xiv, 1893, 

 180 (Jamaica; crit. ). — Field, Auk, xi, 1894, 126 (Jamaica). 



L.[oxigiUa liolacea] Newton (A. and E. ), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 104. 



[Loxigillii] violacea Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 27, part. — Cory, 

 List Birds W. I., 1885, 12, part. 



ILoxigUla violacea} a. violacea Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, Dec. 10, 1878, 

 250 (Jamaica; crit.). 



Pyrrhulagra violacea Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, 148, part (Jamaica). 



Pyrrhula robinsonii GossB, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 259 in text (partial albino) . 



PYRRHULAGRA VIOLACEA AFFINIS (Baird). 

 HAITIAN BTTLLriNOH. 



Similar to J-*, v. ruficollis in coloration, but decidedly smaller. 



Admit male.— Length (skins), 134.62-152.40 (140.46); wing, 72.6-^- 

 77.47 (75.44); tail, 62.23-71.12 (64.77); exposed culmen, 14.22-15.24 

 (14.73); depth of bill at base, 11.43-13.21 (12.19); tarsus, 20.32-22.10 

 (21.08); middle toe, 14.73-15.75 (15.24).' 



Ad%dt female.— Length (skins), 131.57-133.60 (132.59); wing, 66.29- 

 70.10 (68.33); tail, 58.93-60.45 (59.69): exposed culmen, 12.45-12.70; 



'Four specimens. 



