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Immature male. — Similar in color to adult female but larger, and 

 wing-edgings brighter, more rusty, length (skins), 129.29-138.68 

 (134.62); wing, 68.07-69.34 (68.58); tail, 48.51-48.77 (4S.68); exposed 

 culmen, 12.45-12.70 (12.53); depth of bill at base, 8.38-8.89 (8.64); 

 tarsus, 19.66-20.07 (19.81); middle toe, 13.46-14.73 (14.22).^ 



Young (first jjliomage). — Similar in coloration to adult female or 

 immature male, but under tail-coverts wholly light russet, maxilla 

 brownish basally, and easily distinguished by different texture of the 

 plumage. 

 • Island of Martinique, Lesser Antilles. 



(?) [Fringilla] metis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 320 ("Jamaica;" 

 "Mexico;" Martinique; based on Passer raf/er, punctis croceis, Sloane, Jamaica, 

 ii, 311; Avis nocturna Hernandez, Mexico, 49; Ray, Aves, 171). — Latham, 

 Index Orn., i, 1790, 441. 



[Pyrrhulagra] noctis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 493, part (Martinique). 



Pyrrhulagra noctis Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, 133; 149, part. 



Loxigilla noctis Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 102 (Martinique). — Taylor (E. C. ), 

 Ibis, 1864, 167, part (Martinique). — Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 

 1879, 355 (Martinique), 487, part.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 204, part; iv, 1887, 

 95 (Martinique; crit.); Birds W. L, 1889, 91, part.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xii, 1888, 84, part (Martinique). 



\_Loxigilla\ noctis Sclatee and Salvix, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 27, part. — Cory, 

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



\_Qoniaphea\ noctis Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 104, no. 7561. 



[^Sporophila] noctis Giebel, Thes. Orn., iii, 1877, 520. 



Fringilla (rufo-barbata) Jacqhin, Beytrage, 1784, 11 (Martinique; = Fringilla 

 noctis Linnseus). 



PYRRHULAGRA NOCTIS SCLATERI (Allen). 

 SANTA LTTOIA BUIIFINCH, 



Similar in coloration to P. n. noctis but smaller, the adult female 

 and immature birds much lighter in color; adult female light olive 

 above, with edges of greater wing-coverts clear russet; under parts 

 rather light olive-gray, becoming nearly white on lower part of abdo- 

 men, the under tail-coverts light cinnamon or cinnamon-buff. 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 113.79-127.00 (119.63); wing, 68.07- 

 71.37 (69.34); tail, 46.48-50.80 (48.51); exposed culmen, 12.45-12.70 

 (12.45); depth of bill at base, 7.62-8.38 (8.13); tarsus, 18.29-19.81 

 (19.05); middle toe, 12.95-13.72 (13.46).' 



.^cMiS/eHiafe.— Length (skins), 102.36-126.49 (114.55); wing, 63.50- 

 68.07 (64.77); tail, 43.9^1^7.50 (45.72); exposed culmen, 10.92-12.45 

 (11.94); depth of bill at base, 7.62-8.38 (7.87); tarsus, 18.03-19.30 

 (18.54); middle toe, 12.45-13.72 (12.95).^ 



Island of Santa Lucia, Lesser Antilles. 



Loxigilla noctis (not Fringilla noctis Linnseus) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1871, 267, 270 (Santa Lucia) ; 1889, 395 (do.) .—Semper, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



' Three specimens. ^ Six specimens. ' Seven specimens. 



