554 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



depth of bill at base, 10.41; tarsus, 19.56-20.32 (2(J.07); middle toe, 

 13.21-13.72 (13.46).' 



Three immature males measure as follows: Length (skins) , 134.37-145.80 (141.99) ; 

 wing, 72.39-74.68 (73.66); tail, 57.66-62.99 (65.79); exposed culmen, 14.48-15.49 

 (14.99); depth of bill at base, 11.68-12.70 (12.19); tarsus, 20.32-21.59 (20.83); middle 

 toe, 14.48-15.24 (14.99). 



Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. 



Loxigilla violacea (not Loxia rlolacea Linnaeus) S.\lle, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond., 

 1857, 231 (Santo Domingo).— Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 102, part 

 (Santo Domingo). — Tristr.\m, Ibis, 1884, 168 (Santo Domingo). — Cory, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 152 (Haiti); Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 69, 

 pi. 21, fig. 6 (Samana and Almercen, Santo Domingo); Auk, iii, 1886, 203, 

 part (Haiti and Santo Domingo); Birds W. I., 1889; 90, part (do.). — Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 82, part (Haiti and Santo Domingo). 



[Lo.vigilla] violacea Sclater and Salvix, Nom. A v. Neotr., 1873, 27, part. — Cory, 

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



Loxia oiofacca Bryant, Proc. Bos. Soc. N. H., xi, 1866, 93 (Port au Prince, Haiti). 



Piirrhukigni riulacea Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, 148, part (Haiti and 

 Santo Domingo). — Cherrie, Contr. Orn. San. Dom., 1896, 15 (Santo Domingo 

 City, Catare, and Aguacate; crit. ; habits). 



Pijrrhulagra affinis (Baii'd) Ridgway, Auk, xv, Oct., 1898, 322 (Portau Prince, 

 Haiti; U. 8. Nat. Mas.; ex Loxigilla affinis Baird, manuscript). 



PYRRHULAGRA NOCTIS NOCTIS (Linnaeus). 

 MARTINiaUE BTTLLFINCH. 



Adult male. — A small supraloral spot or bar, and a sharpl}^ defined 

 patch covering chin and throat, rufous-chestnut or burnt sienna; re.st 

 of plumage uniform black, including under tail-coverts, the latter 

 rarelj' with a slight admixture of chestnut-rufous; under wing-coverts 

 largely white, sometimes tinged with rufous; bill black, the mandible 

 sometimes brownish; legs and feet dusky horn color; length (skins), 

 119.13-142.49 (130.81); wing, 69.S5-72.39 (71.63); tail, 50.80-52.83 

 (51.82); exposed culmen, 12.70-12.95 (12.78); depth of bill at base, 

 9.65; tarsus, 19.05-20.07 (19.56); middle toe, 13.21-14.22 (13.72).' 



Adult female. — Above uniform dark olive, passing into raw-umber 

 brown on upper tail-coverts; wings dusky, the greater coverts broadly 

 edged with russet, the remiges edged with light olive or broccoli 

 brown; tail olive with paler indistinct edgings; under parts deep olive- 

 graj^, paler on abdomen, the under tail-coverts broadly margined with 

 light tawny-olive or russet; maxilla dusky, mandible pale brownish 

 with dusky tip; legs and feet dusky horn color; length (one skin), 

 121.41; wing, 65.02-67.56 (66.29); tail (one specimen), 49.53; exposed 

 culmen, 11.18-12.45 (11.94); depth of bill at base, 8.13-8.89 (S.64); 

 tarsus, 18. .5-1^19. 30 (19.05); middle toe, 13.21.' 



' Two specimens. ^ Four specimens. 



