. The Auk. Birds. 54 CoRV 071 the Birds oj the West Indies. [ January Arhclorhina cyaiicn C\B. in Schonib. Gui;ui. Ill, p. 675 (1S4S) : ib. J. f. O. 1S56, p. yS; //'. 1S74, p. 139.—GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 291 (1S65).—BREWiiR. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. \'I1I, p. 306 (i860). Sp. Char. Male:—Top of head bright pale blue; a stripe of black passing from the upper mandible and encircling the eje; sides of the head, lower back, and entire underparts dark purplish blue, wings and upper back black; inner webs of primaries and secondaries bright yellow; sides and flanks greenish. Female:—
. The Auk. Birds. 54 CoRV 071 the Birds oj the West Indies. [ January Arhclorhina cyaiicn C\B. in Schonib. Gui;ui. Ill, p. 675 (1S4S) : ib. J. f. O. 1S56, p. yS; //'. 1S74, p. 139.—GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 291 (1S65).—BREWiiR. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. \'I1I, p. 306 (i860). Sp. Char. Male:—Top of head bright pale blue; a stripe of black passing from the upper mandible and encircling the eje; sides of the head, lower back, and entire underparts dark purplish blue, wings and upper back black; inner webs of primaries and secondaries bright yellow; sides and flanks greenish. Female:—-Entire upper parts bright green ; underparts green, the sliafts of tiie feathers showing dull white, giving a finel_\' pencilled appear- ance to the throat and breast; central portion of belly showing a pale yellowish tinge. Length (skin), 4: wing, ; tail, ; tarsus, .50; bill, 50. Dr. (.nindlacli writes me that tliis species is abundant in many portions of the Island of Cnba. Genus Glossiptila Glossiptila p. Z. S. 1S56. p. 269. Glossiptila ruficollis (Gmel.). Motacilla campestris Linn. Syst. Nat. L p. 329 (1766). Tatiagra ruficollis "Gmel Syst. Nat. IL" Tachyphonus nifignlayis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1S46, p. 320. Tanagrella ruficollis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 236 (1847).—Gray. Gen. Bds. Ill, App. (1S49).—Bp. Consp. I, p. 236 (1850). Pyrrhulagra ruficollis Bp. Consp. I, p. 493 (1850) (excl. syn.). Neornis ccerulea Hartl. Nachtr. z. \'erz. Mus. Brem. p. 8 (descr. nulla). Glossiptila ruficollis ScL. P. Z. .S. 1856, p. 269.—Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862. p. 196.—March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 296.—Baird. Rev. Am. Bds. I, p. 163 (1884).—Gray, Ilandl. Bds. I, p. 120 (1869). —ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 17 (1873).—A &. E. New- ton, Ilandb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881).—Cory. List Bds. W. I. p. 9 (1885).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for r
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