. The Auk. Birds. i8S6.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 203 Accidental in Cuba and Tamaica. Habia melanocephala (Swains.) is recorded from Cuba {Hedymeles melanocephala Cabanis, J. f. O. 1856, p. 9). It has no other West Indian record, and has not been cited by later authors. Family FRINGILLID^. Genus Loxigilla Less. Loxigilla Lesson, Traite, p. 443 (1S31). Loxigilla violacea (Linn.). Loxia violacea Linn. Syst. Nat. L P- 306 (1766). Pyrrhula violacea Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 254 (1847). Pyrrhula robinsonii Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 259 (1847).—Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196. Pyrrhulagra violacea
. The Auk. Birds. i8S6.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 203 Accidental in Cuba and Tamaica. Habia melanocephala (Swains.) is recorded from Cuba {Hedymeles melanocephala Cabanis, J. f. O. 1856, p. 9). It has no other West Indian record, and has not been cited by later authors. Family FRINGILLID^. Genus Loxigilla Less. Loxigilla Lesson, Traite, p. 443 (1S31). Loxigilla violacea (Linn.). Loxia violacea Linn. Syst. Nat. L P- 306 (1766). Pyrrhula violacea Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 254 (1847). Pyrrhula robinsonii Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 259 (1847).—Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196. Pyrrhulagra violacea Bp. Consp. I, p. 493 (1850). violacea Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 231. —Albrecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 196.—Scl. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 102 (1862).—March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297.—Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 104 (1870).—Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 27 (1873).— RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 250 (1878)- —Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 85 (1880) ; ib- Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 152 (1881).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881).—Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168.—Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 69 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. p. 12 (1S85). Spermophila violacea Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119 (1S59). Loxia (^Pyrrhulagra^ violacea Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 93 (1866). Loxigilla violacea p. bahamcnsis RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 250 (187S).. Sp. Char. Male:—Entire plumage black, showing a slight brownish tinge upon the quills; throat, crissum and crescent over the eve reddish brown ; bills and legs black. Fefnale:—Underparts graj', with a tinge of olive green upon the back; below ash, lightest upon the belly, showing a tinge of olive upon the breast and sides; quills with fine edgings of dull white;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly rese
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