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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Lond., 1872, 648 (Santa Lucia) .—Lawrence, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 

 57, part (Santa Lucia; crit.). — Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 84, 

 part (Santa Lucia). 



l^Loxigilla] noctis Sclater and Salvix, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 27, part. 



Loxigi/ld noctis sclateri Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, July, 1880, 166 (Santa 

 Lucia, Lesser Antilles; Mus. Comp. Zool.). — Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 204; Birds 

 W. I., 1889, 91.— EiDQWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, 1890, 129 (Santa 

 Lucia). 



[Loxigilla] noctis sclateri Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 12. 



Pyrrhulaqra noctis sclateri Coey, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 112, 133, 150. 



PYRRHULAGRA NOCTIS DOMINICANA Ridgway. 

 DOMINICAN BULLFINCH. 



Similar to P. n. noctis, but adult male with under tail-coverts 

 usually rufou.s or with rufous predominating (rareljr with black pre- 

 vailing). 



J.c^M^i{ma^e.— Length (skins), 121.16-148.59 (133.60); wing, 68.58- 

 76.20 (73.1.5); tail, 50.04-55.88 (52.83); exposed culmen, 11.68-13.72 

 (12.95); depth of bill at base, 8.64-9.40 (8.89); tarsus, 18.29-21.08 

 (19.81); middle toe, 13.21-14.99 (14.22).^ 



Adult female.— 'Lmgth. (skins), 116.08-142.49 (126.24); wing, 62.99- 

 71.12 (67.06); tail, 43.4.3-49.53 (47.24); exposed culmen, 11.68-12.95 

 (12.70); depth of bill at base, 8.13-9.40 (8.64); tarsus, 18.03-20.32 

 (19.30); middle toe, 12.70-14.99 (13.72).' 



' Fifteen specimens. 



Specimens from different islands average as follows: 



The number of specimens is too small, especially from the islands of Mane 

 Galante, Desirad^, and Grande Terre, to show whether there is sufficient difference 

 between specimens from different islands to justify subdivision of this form. The 



