I I A Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



^uiscalus ater Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1866). — Cory, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881).— Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, p. 

 168. 



Holoquiscalus niger Gray, Ilandl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870). 



^uiscalus baritiis var. niger Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 

 213 (1874). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage lustrous black, showing purple when 

 held in the light; wings and tail black, with bluish reflections; bill 

 and feet black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 10.25; wing, 5.40; tail, 5; tarsus, 1.30; bill, i.io. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Quiscalus atroviolaceus D'Orb. 



^uiscalus atroviolaceus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba Ois. p. 



121 (^1840).— Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1SS5). 

 Scaphidurus atroviolaceus Gray & Mitch. Gen. Bds. II, p. 341. — Bp. 



Consp. I, p. 426 (1850). 

 Scolecophagus atroviolaceus Cab. Mus. Hein. I. p. 196 (1S51) ; ib. J. f. O. 



1856, p. 15.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— 



Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, p. 415.— Gundl. J. f. O. 



1874, p. 134. 

 ? Chiilcophanes quiscalus Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 16; ib. 1871, p. 288. 

 Dives atroviolaceus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 39 (1870). — ScL. Ibis, 1884, 



p. 152. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage lustrous black; purplish on the head, 

 back, and breast; bluish on the wings and tail; thighs slightly 

 brownish in some specimens ; bill and feet black. 



Length (skin), 9.25; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.05; bill, .75. 



Habitat. Cuba. 



Family CORVID^. 



Genus Corvus Linn. 



Corvus LlNN.«us, Sjst. Nat. I, p. 155 (1766). 



Corvus leucognaphalus Daud. 



Corvus leucognaphalus Daud. Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 231 (iSoo).— Salle, P. 

 Z. S. 1857, p. 232.— Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 168.— Bryant, Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1S66).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. 

 Forh. 1869, p. 598. — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 



