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depth of bill at base, 0.9-10.4 (10.2); tarsus, 33-33.8 (33.3); middle 

 toe, 23.9-21.9 (21.1).^ 



Island of Porto Rico, Greater Antilles. 



Quiscalus baritus {not Graculabarita 'Linnseus) Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 168, part (Porto 



Rico). 

 Quiscalus crassirostris{not of Swainson) Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., x, 1866, 



188, 254 (Porto Rico).— Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1866, 188 (Porto Rico).— 



SuNDEVALL, Ofv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 598 (Porto Rico). 

 Quiscalus brachypterus Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xviii, Dec, 1866, 406 



(Porto Rico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.)— Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 160 (monogr.); Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 399.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 224 (synonymy and 



descr.); Birds W. I., 1889, 111 (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 132. 

 [Quiscalus'] brachypterus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 6528. — Sclater and 



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

 [Quiscalus baritus'] var. brachypterus Baird, Brewer, and RiDCiWAY, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 213. 

 Chalcophanes bracJiypterus Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 312; 1878, 177; Anal. 



Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 213. 

 Holoquiscalus brachypterus Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac Soc, iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 

 Chalcophanes lugubris (not Quiscalus lugubris Swainson) Sundevall, Ofv. K. 



Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1§69, 598 (Porto Rico). 



HOLOQUISCALUS CAYMANENSIS (Cory). 

 GRAND CAYMAN GRACKIE. 



Similar to Q. gundlachii but smaller, and the gloss violet-blue or 

 blue, instead of violet, on head, neck, body, and smaller wing-coverts, 

 bluish green, instead of blue, on tail-coverts, and more bronzy green 

 on greater wing-coverts and secondaries. 



Adult male. — Length (skin), 10.50; wing, 5.24; tail, 4.37; culmen, 

 from base, 1.32; depth of bill at base, 0.46; tarsus, 1.41; middle toe, 

 0.95.' 



Island of Grand Cayman, Greater Antilles. 



Quiscalus caymanensis Cory, Auk, iii, Oct., 1886, 499, 502 (Grand Cayman I., 

 Greater Antilles; coll. C. B. Cory); v, 1888, 158; Birds W. I., 1889, 291; 

 Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 129, 147.— Ridgway, Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 X, 1887, 574 (Grand Cayman). 



Holoquiscalus caymanensis Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 



HOLOQUISCALUS FORTIROSTRIS (Lawrence). 

 BARBADOS GRACKLE. 



Smallest species of the genus (wing not more than 109.2). 



Adult w«/<?.— Head, neck, and bod}' uniform violaceous-black, but 

 slightly glossy; wings and tail greenish black, the bluish green gloss 

 most perceptible on wings; bill, legs, and feet black; length (skins), 

 222.3; wing, 104.4-109.2 (107.4); tail, 91.7-92.5 (92.2); culmen, from 



^ Five specimens. '^ One specimen. 



