BAY-SIDED GRASS-QUIT.[72]
Spermophila adoxa.—Mihi.
[72] Length 4¼ inches, expanse 6½, flexure 2, tail 1⁶⁄₁₀, (nearly,) rictus ⁷⁄₂₀, tarsus ⁷⁄₁₀, middle toe ⁷⁄₁₀. Irides dark brown, feet purplish, beak horn-colour, nearly black above. Whole upper parts, olive brown: under parts greyish white: sides and vent fawn-colour.
Of this very plain and unpretending species, but a single specimen has fallen into my hands; which I shot on the 9th of August 1845, hopping with others about logwood trees at Grand Vale. It may be a female of an unrecorded species, but its fawn-coloured sides distinguish it from the females of the preceding two species, with which in other respects it well agrees, as they do still more with each other.
The name of Quit is applied without much discrimination by the negroes of Jamaica, to several small birds, such as the Banana Quit, which is a Creeper, and the Blue Quit, and Grass Quits which are finches; it is probably an African designation.
COTTON-TREE SPARROW.[73]
Black Bulfinch, Rob.——Coffee-bird.
Pyrrhula violacea.
| Loxia violacea, | Linn.—Edw. Birds, pl. 82. female? |
| Pyrrhula auranticollis, | Vieill. Gal Ois. pl. 55. male. |
[73] Length 7¾ inches, expanse 10½, flexure 3¹⁄₁₀, tail 3, rictus ⁶⁄₁₀, tarsus ⁹⁄₁₀; middle toe ¾. Irides dark hazel; beak and feet black. Male. Plumage black; an arched stripe over the eye, the chin, throat, and under tail-coverts rust-red: under wing-coverts yellowish white. Female. Dull mouse-brown; paler beneath. The red paler and less in extent.