112 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Quiscalus crassirostris Swains. 



Gracula barita Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 165 (1766) .' 

 Stiirnus j'amaicensis DAVVt. Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 317 (iSoo) .' 

 .Quiscalus crassirostris Swains. An. in Men. p. 355 (183S). — GossE, 

 Bds. Jam. p. 217 (1847). — ^p. Consp. I, p. 425 (1850). — Albrecht, 

 J. f. O. 1862, p. 197.— Mabch, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, 

 p. 298. — ScL. & Salv. Nom Avium Neotr. p. 38 (1S73). — A. & E. 

 Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 103 (1881). — ScL. Ibis, 1S84, p. 

 159.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1S85). 

 Quiscalus bai'itus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Piiila. 1866, p. 405. 

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

 Quiscalus baritus var. baritus Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds 

 II, p. 213 (1874). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Upper plumage lustrous blue-black, showing a tinge 

 of purple when held in the light; underparts black, brownish black 

 on the bell J ; quills and tail brownish black. 

 The sexes are described as similar. 



Length (skin), 10; wing, 5 ; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 125; bill, 90. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Quiscalus luminosus Lawr. 



Quiscalus sp. Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 191 (1S78). 



Quiscalus luminosus Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 162 (1S78) ; ib. 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 265, 487 (1S78).— Ober, Camps in the 

 Caribbees, p. 247 (18S0). — ScL. Ibis, 18S4, p. 161. — Cory, List Bds. 

 W. L p. 14 (18S5). 



"Male: — The general plumage is of a lustrous dark bluish violet; 

 the upper and under tail-coverts are dull dark green; tail dark glossy 

 green ; tertials, outer webs of larger quills, and the middle and larger 

 wing-coverts, glossy green like the tail ; the inner Avebs of the 

 larger quills are black; smaller wing-coverts the color of the back; 

 under wing-coverts black; the bill and feet are black; 'iris j-ellow.' 



^ Female: — L'pper plumage of a fine dark brown, light on the crown, 

 the feathers of which are margined with dull pale rust color; the tail 

 is blackish-brown, with a wash of greenish ; quills dark brown ; the 

 under plumage is dark brownish-ash, lighter on the throat and 

 breast, and fuliginous on the flanks, lower part of abdomen, and un- 

 der tail-coverts ; on the lower part of the neck is a wash of dull rust- 

 color; bill and feet black; 'iris yellow.'" (Lawr., orig. descr.) 

 Length (skin), 10.50; wing, 4.90; tail, 4.25 ; tarsus, i 25; bill, 1.25. 

 Habitat. Grenada. 



Specimens wliich I have compared appear to difler very sliglit- 

 ly from Santa Lucia specimens of J^. iiijicxirostris. Tlie color- 



