BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 227 



[Qmscalufi] gundlachii Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 6527. 



Quisccdus gundlachl Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 159 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 



xi, 1886, 398 (San Cristobal, Cuba).— Cory, Auk, vi, 1888, 31 (Cayman Brae); 



Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, iii, 129, 147 (Cuba; Little Cayman; Cayman 



Brae) .—Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H.,iv, 1892,306 (Cuba; habits; notes). 

 IQuiscalus} gundlachl Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 14. 

 Chalcojyhanes gundlachn GvTsiDhAcn, Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 135. 

 [^Quiscalus harittis'] var. gundlachl Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 213. 

 Holoquiscaivs gnndlachil Ripgway, Proe. Wash. Ac. Sei., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 



HOLOQUISCALUS JAMAICENSIS (Daudin). 

 JAMAICAN CRACKLE, 



Similar in coloration to 11. gimdlachii^ but smaller and with the 

 bill .shorter and relatively much thicker. 



AduUniale.^l^engih (skins), 279.^294.6(286.3); wing, 147.3-152.4 

 (149.4); tail, 124.5-129 (126.7); culmen, from base, 33-35.6 (34); 

 depth of bill at base, 12.7-14.2 (13.2); tarsus, 39.4-41.4 (39.6); middle 

 toe, 25.9-28.5 (26. 9). ^ 



AdvU female.— Length (skins), 226.1-274.3 (240.5); wing, 127.5-130 

 (128.8); tail, 103.9-113.8 (109.7); culmen, from base, 28.2-30.7 (29.2); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.9-12.2 (11.4); tarsus, 32-36.1 (34.8); middle 

 toe, 20.1-24.6 (23.4). ^ 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. 



(?) \_Gracula\ 6arito Linn/eus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 109 ("America"; no refer- 

 ences); ed. 12, i, 1766, 165 (cites Icterus nlger Brisson, Av.,ii, p. 103, pi. 10, 

 fig. 1; Monedida tai<( nigra Sloane, Jam. ii, 299, pi. 257, tig. 2). — Gmelin, Syst. 

 Nat, i, 1788, 396.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 191.— Wagler, Syst. Av., 

 1827, Graeula, sp. 4. 



Qulscalus barltus YiEihhOT, Nom. Diet, d' Hist. Nat., xxviii, 1819, 487. — Cassin, 

 Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1S66, 405 (monogr.). 



[Qulscalus'] baritus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 425 (Antilles). — Gray, Hand- 

 list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 



[Quisccdus barltus] var. baritus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 

 ii, 1874, 213. 



Sturnus jamaicensis Daudin, Traite d' Orn., ii, 1800, 317 (based on Merops nlger, 

 Iride subargentea, Brown, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 476) . 



Holoquiscalus jamaicensis JiiJiGw ay , Proe. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 



Quiscalus crassirostrls Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 355 (Jamaica; coll. W. 

 Hooker).— GossE, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 217; Illustr. Birds Jam., 1849, pi. 53.— 

 Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 359; Ibis, 1884, 159 (monogr.); Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 398 (Metcalfe Parish and Spanish town, Jamaica).^ 

 Albrecht, Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 197.— March, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1863, 298.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 225 (synonymy and descr.) ; Birds W. I., 

 1889, 111 (do.) ; Cat. W. I Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 130.— Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 

 179 (notes, etc.).— Field, Auk, xi, 1894, 126. 



[Qulscalus] crassirostrls Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 425 (Jamaica). — Sclater 

 and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 38.— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 14. 



^ Four specimens. 



