PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 457 



14. Saltator guadeloupensis, Lafr. 

 " < Grosbec.' 



" Length, 9 , 9 in. ; alar extent, 13 ; wing, 4J-. 



" Not abundant ; same habits and frequents same places as that of 

 Martinique and Dominica." 



Fam. FRINGILLID2E. 



15. Loxigilla noctis (Linn.). 



" 1 Pere noir ? , S . ' Moisson', 9 . 



" Length, <?, in. ; alar extent, 9 ; wing, 3. 



"Length, 9,5Hn.; alar extent, 8£; wing, 2%. 



"Bather numerous. The female of this species is here called the 

 'gros bee'; in the other French speaking islands the 'inoisson'. In all, 

 however, the 1 pere noir 9 is applied to the male. It was a long while 

 before I found out that these two were the same species, they are so 

 dissimilar. The young of the first year resembles the female, as I first 

 surmised in St. Vincent and proved in Dominica." 



16. Phonipara bicolor (Linn.). 

 " ' Mangeur d'Herbes.' 



" Length, <?, 4^ in. ; alar extent, 6 ; wing, 2. 

 u Length, 9 , 4 J- in. ; alar extent, ; wing, 2." 



Fam. ICTERIDiE. 



17. Quiscalus guadeloupensis, Lawr. 

 « 1 Merle.' 



"For a long time, says my friend Monsieur St. Felix Colardeau, these 

 birds might be found on the east bank of the Eiviere des Bananiers, and 

 never north of it. This remained a boundary line for many years, but 

 at present the bird is spread over all the lowlands of the island. Very 

 common in the island of Grande Terre, which is flat and low." 



Male : The general plumage is of a deep purplish- violet ; the wing- 

 coverts have a decided green lustre ; tail black, glossed with green ; 

 quills black, with a greenish tinge ; bill and feet black. 



Length (fresh), 10| inches; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, 



Female : The crown is ashy -brown ; hind neck and upper part of back 

 olivaceous-brown ; lower part of back and upper tail-coverts blackish- 

 brown; wings and tail black, the latter slightly glossed with green; 

 throat ashy- white, a narrow dusky line extends down on each side of it 

 from the under mandible ; lower part of neck and breast dark ash tinged 

 with fulvous; lower part of abdomen, sides, and under tail-coverts 

 smoky-brown; bill and feet blade. 



Length (fresh), 9J inches; wing, 4] ; tail, 3.}, 



At first sight, this species appears much like Q. injlcxirostris from 

 Martinique, but it is a little larger and the bill is'straighter. The 



