. The Auk. Birds. iS86. Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 205 Sp. Char. Mule:—Differs from true noctis hy having the superciliary line much smaller, almost absent in some specimens, and in lacking the rufous on the under tail-coverts; but the characters are not constant. Habitat. Santa Lucia. Loxigilla anoxantha (Gosse). Spermophila anoxantha GosSE, Bds. Jam. p. 247 (1847). Loxigilla anoxantha ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 74; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 102 (iS66).—Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196.—March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297.—Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 104 (1S70).—Scl. & Salv. Nom.
. The Auk. Birds. iS86. Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 205 Sp. Char. Mule:—Differs from true noctis hy having the superciliary line much smaller, almost absent in some specimens, and in lacking the rufous on the under tail-coverts; but the characters are not constant. Habitat. Santa Lucia. Loxigilla anoxantha (Gosse). Spermophila anoxantha GosSE, Bds. Jam. p. 247 (1847). Loxigilla anoxantha ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 74; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 102 (iS66).—Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196.—March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 297.—Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 104 (1S70).—Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 27 (1873).—A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (1881).—Cory. List Bds. W. I. p. 12 (1885). Sp. Char. Male:—Head, throat, and underparts dull black; back, rump and wing-coverts having the feathers edged with bright jellow giving a yellowish appearance to the surface; under tail-coverts chestnut: quills and tail dull brown, slightly edged with yellowish. Female:—Entire upper plumage dull green; throat and breast grayish, with a tinge of olive, becoming pale on the belly. Length (skin), ; wing, ; tail, ; tarsus, .90. Habitat. Jamaica. Loxigilla portoricensis (Daud.). Loxia portoricensis Daud. Traite D'Orn. II, pi. 29.—Sundev. Oefv. K. V^et. Akad. Fdrh. 1869, p. 597. Pvrrhiila auranticollis ViEiLL. Enc. Meth. p. 1028. Pyrrhulagra portoricensis Bp. Consp. I, p. 492 (1850). — GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 308 (1S7S). Loxia ( Pyrrhulagra^ portoricensis BryanTj Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X. p. 254 (1866). Loxigilla potoricensis Gray, Bds. II, p. 104 (1870).—Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 12 (1885). Sp. Char. Male:—K narrow line of blacken the forehead; top of the head chestnut rufous, separated at the nape by the black of the back, the black color dividing it like a wedge; throat and under tail-coverts chestnut rufous; rest of plumage black; under wing- coverts dull white; bill and feet black. Female:—Similar
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