BIRDS OF NOKTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 231 



401, part (Santa Lucia).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 224, part (Santa Liicia); Birds 



W. I., 1889, 111, part (do.); Cat- W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 146, part (Santa 



Lucia; St. Vincent?).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, 1890, 130 (Santa 



Lucia ) . 

 Qluiscalus'] inflexirostris Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 424. 

 [Quiscalus] inflexirostris Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 6525.— Sclater and 



Salvin, Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 38, part (Santa Lucia).— Cory, List Birds 



W. I., 1885, 14, part. 

 Holoquiscalus inflexirostris UivGW AY, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 

 Quiscalus luminosus (not of Lawrence) Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Clul), v, 1880, 



166 (Santa Lucia). 

 Quiscalus lugubris (not of Swainson) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, 271 



(Santa Lucia). — Semper, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, 650 (Santa Lucia; 



habits) . 

 (?) Quiscalus.n.xwRESCK, Pro(^ U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 187S, 191 (St. Vincent). 



HOLOQUISCALUS MARTINICENSIS Ridgway. 

 MARTINIQUE GRACKLE. 



Similar to IL infle.vm>.'<f/'is, but smaller and with stouter bill; adult 

 female with head and under parts paler, the chin and throat nearly 

 white. (Similar in color to the same sex of II. guadeloicpe?isis.) 



Adult male.— hen^th (skins), 228.6-259.1 (2-l:3.8)-, wing, 119.4- 

 124 (120.7); tail, 93.2-101.9 (98.3); culmen, from base, 29.2-32 

 (30.2); depth of bill at base, 10.4-11.2 (10.7); tarsus, 31.2-35.1 (33.6); 

 middle toe, 24.9-25.7 (25.1).^ 



Adidt female.— l^ength i^kins), 205.7-226.1 (215.9); wing, 102.4- 

 108.5 (105.4); tail, 83.8-85.6 (84.6); culmen, from base, 26.2-27.7 

 (26.9);depthof bill at base, 8.9-9.4 (9.1); tarsus, 31.2-33.3 (32.3); 

 middle toe, 22.9-23.9 (23.4.)2 



Island of Martinique, Lesser Antilles. 



Although hitherto referred to //. inflexirostris., this form is far 

 more closely related to II. guadeloupensis^ from which it scarcely dif- 

 fers except in its slightl}^ shorter wing. 



(?) Quiscalus mexicanus Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xiii, Dec, 1866, 40'. 

 ("Mexico;" coll. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.).-' 



^ Four specimens. 



^Two specimens. 



^ I have carefully examined and compared the type of Quiscalus mexicanus Cassin, 

 but am unable to identify it positively with any of the known West Indian forms. 

 It comes very close, indeed, to the present bird, and probaljly is the same; but the 

 uncertainty as to the origin of the specimen (which, however, quite certainly did 

 not come from Mexico) renders the adoption of the inappropriate and misleading 

 name mexicanus highly undesirable. The only differences that I am able to detect 

 between the type of Quiscalus mexicanus and specimens of H. martinicensis consist in 

 the somewhat more purplish gloss of the former and very slightly shorter wing (the 

 other measurements being practically identical), the wing being 3.8 mm. shorter than 

 in the shortest winged H. martinicensis examined. The slight color difference may 

 easily have been caused by long exposure to the light, the type of Q. mexicanus 

 having been for many years mounted. 



