Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



113 



ation of Grenada specimens is possibly somewhat brighter, but 

 their specific distinctness is questionable. 



Quiscalus guadeloupensis Lawr. 



^uiscalus guadeloupensis Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 457, 487 

 (1S78).— ScL. Ibis, 18S4, p. 160.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14(1885). 



"il/«/e;— The general plumage is of a deep purplish-violet; the 

 wing-coverts have a decided green lustre; tail black, glossed with 

 green; quills black, with a greenish tinge; bill and feet black." 

 (LAWR.,orig. descr.) 



Female: — Top of head dull brown, becoming darker brown on the 

 back and wings ; throat white ; a faint moustache-like streak extend- 

 ing from the lower mandible on the sides of the throat; a dull line of 

 buify-white passing from the upper mandible through the eje ; ear- 

 coverts brownish; breast buffy-white ; belly dull white, tinged with 

 brownish-olive on the sides ; wings and tail dark brown. 



Length (skin), 9.75; wing, 5; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.25: bill. i. 

 Habitat. Guadeloupe. 



Quiscalus gundlachii Cassin. 



Quiscalus barytus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 1^0 



(1840).— Thienem. J. f. O. 1857, P- 145- 

 Chalcopkanes barytus Cxa.^lns. Hein. I, p. 197 (1851).— Gundl. T. f 



O. 1S56, p. 15. 

 Calcophanes baritus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 307 (1S60). 

 Quiscalus gundlachii Qk^^y^, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S66, p. 406. 

 Holoquiscalus gundlachii Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870). 

 Chalcophanes gundlachii GvSD-L. J. f. O. 1874, p. 135. 

 Quiscalus baritus var. gundlachii Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N Am Bds 



II, p. 213 (1874). 



Quiscalus gundlachiSci..lh{s,iSSj^, p. 159.-C0RY, List Bds. W. I. p 

 14(1885). ^ 



Sp. Char. ^/«/..._General plumage black, with purplish and bluish re- 

 flections; wings and tail showing greenish or bluish reflections when 

 held in the light. 



Length (skin), 11.50; wings, 6; tail, 5 ; tarsus, 1.55; bill, 1.25. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



Quiscalus niger (Bodd.). 



Oriolus niger Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 31 (17S3). 



Quiscalus barita Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, P- 232. ' 



Quiscalus ninrcy Cassin, Pr. Acad." Nat. .Sci. Phila. 1886, ,,. 407.-.SCL. 

 Ibis, 1884, P- 1.^9— Cory, Bds. Haiti cS; San Domingo, p. 7Wi880- 

 ib. List Bds. W. L p. 14 (1885). * ' 1 7i ^'^^5; . 



