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base, 27.2-27.7 (27.4); depth of l)ill at base, 10.9-11.7 (11.4); tarsus, 

 31.2-32.8 (32); middle toe. 21.6-22.6 (22.1).^ 



Adult female. — Similar to the male, but smaller and duller in color, 

 very faintl}" glossed, and with a brownish cast on head, neck, and 

 chest; length (skins), 205.7; wing, 91.4-93.7 (92.5); tail, 75.7-78.7 

 (77.7); culmen, from base, 25.1-25.4 (25.4); depth of bill at base, 9.9- 

 11.4 (10.7); tarsus, 28.7-30 (29.2); middle toe, 18.3-20.3 (19.6).' 



Island of Barbados, Lesser Antilles. 



Quincalus fortiroKtris Lawrence, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 360, 428 (Bar- 

 bados, Lesser Antilles; coll. G. N. Lawrence). — Sclater, Ibis, 1873, 334' 

 (Barbadoes); 1884, 161 (monogr.); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, 175 (Bar- 

 badoes); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 400.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886,223 

 (synonymy and descr.) ; Birds W. I., 1889, 110 (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 

 1892, 15, 111, 134, 146. 



\_Quiscalus'] fortirostris Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 6532. — Sclater and 8al- 

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



HoloquiscaluH fortirostris Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 



HOLOQUISCALUS INFLEXIROSTRIS (Swainson). 

 SANTA LUCIA GRACKLE, 



Adult male. — Quite similar in coloration to II. gundlachii., but size 

 much less; length (skins), 241.3; wing, 121.9-127.8 (126); tail, 103.6- 

 109.7 (106.7); culmen, from base, 30.5-31.8 (31); depth of bill at base 

 (one specimen), 9.9; tarsus, 33.8-35.6 (34.5); middle toe, 25.4-27.2 

 (26. 2).''^ 



Adult female. — Very different from the male; pileum and hindneck 

 deep hair brown or olive, gradually darkening into sepia brown or 

 olive-sepia on back and scapulars, the rump and upper tail-coverts dark 

 olive-sepia; wings and tail duskj^ or sooty l)lackish with indistinct 

 .margins and edgings of sooty brown; under parts buff'y hair ])rown, 

 darkening into gra^^ish olive on flanks and under tail-coverts, paler and 

 more buffy on throat and chin; malar region and an indistinct super- 

 ciliary stripe similar in color to the throat or but slightl}' darker; 

 length (skins), 228.6-241.3; wing, 107.2-110.5 (108.7); tail, 62.2-66.8 

 (64.5); culmen, from base, 27.7-28.5 (28.2); depth of bill at base 8.9- 

 9.7 (9.1); tarsus, 31.8-33 (32.3); middle toe, 24.1.' 



Island of Santa Lucia, Lesser Antilles; island of St. Vincent?^ 



Quiscalus inflexirostris Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 300, fig. 52 (locality 

 unknown). — Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 407 (monogr. ). — Semper, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, 651 (Santa Lucia, Lesser Antilles). — Scl.vtfr, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, 175, part (Santa Lucia); 1889, 305 (Santa Lucia); 

 Ibis, 1884, 160, part (Santa Lucia; monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 



^ Three specimens. 

 ^ Two specimens. 



*I have not been able to examine specimens from St. Vincent, and therefore am 

 doubtful as to the relationship of the birds of that island. 



