232 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Quiscalus inflexirostris (not of Swaiiison) Lawrenck, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 

 355, 487 (Martinique; habits; crit.). — Sclater, Vyov. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, 

 175, part (Martinique); Ibis, 1884, 160, part (Martinique); Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xi, 1886, 401, part (Martinique) .—Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 224, part 

 (Martinique); iv, 1887, 96 (Martinique); Birds W. I., 1889, 111, part (do.); 

 Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 146, part (Martinique). 



[Quiscalus] injiexirostris Sclater and Salvix, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 38, part 

 (Martinique).— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 14, part. 



Hologuiscalus rnartinicensis Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151 

 (Martinique; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



HOLOQUISCALUS GUADELOUPENSIS (Lawrence). 

 GUADELOTJPE GRACKLE. 



Similar to IT. 7)iartinicensis, but wing- averag-ing slightl}' longer. 

 Adult ;?iaZd.— Length (skins), 238.8-261.6 (250.2); wing, 119.9-124.5 

 (121.9); tail, 93.7-102.1 (9T.5); culmen, from base, 28.5-31.2 (30.2); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.4-10.9 (10.7); tarsus, 3tl-35.3 (34.8); middle 

 toe, 25.4-26.2 (25.7).' 



Adult fe?nale.— Jjength. (skins), 199.7-241.3 (221.7); wing, 104.-t- 

 109.2 (106.7); tail, 81.5-88.9 (85.9); culmen, from base, 25.9-27.9 

 (26.9); depth of bill at base, 9.9-10.7 (10.2); tarsus, 31-33 (31.8); mid- 

 dle toe, 22.6-24.1 (22.9).' 



Island of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles; island of Marie Galante ? ^ 

 Quiscalus gnadeloupensis L.wvRE'NCE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, Apr. 22, 1879, 457; 

 (Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 

 160 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 401.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 

 226 (synonymy and descr. ) ; viii, 1891, 49 (Guadeloupe) ; Birds W. I., 1889, 113 

 (do.) ; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 147 (Guadeloupe; Marie Galante?). 

 IQuiscalus] guadeloupensis Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 14. 

 Hologuiscalus guadeloupensis Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 



HOLOQUISCALUS LUMINOSUS (Lawrence). 

 GRENADA GRACKLE. 



Adult male. — Similar to that of //. injiexirostris., H. martinicensis^ 

 and II. guadeloupensis., but the violet gloss to plumage of the head, 

 neck, and body rather brighter and the bill much more slender; length 

 (skins), 246.4-274.3(260.4); wing, 117.6-123.7 (120.7); tail. 103.4-104.1 

 (103.6); culmen, from base, 35.6-35.8; depth of bill at base, 10.7; 

 tarsus, 34.5-36.3 (35.3); middle toe, 23.6-24.9 (24.1).* 



Adult female. — Much darker than that of H. injiexirostris or aWies;^ 



^ Four specimens. 



^Six specimens. 



^ No specimens from Marie Galante seen by me. 



* Two specimens. 



^The female of this species is decidedly darker than that of any other of the West 

 Indian forms in which the sexes are conspicuously different in color, more resembling 

 that of //. i))sularis of ;Murgnrita Island, off the coast of Venezuela. The latter differs 

 in smaller size and still more slender bill. 



