Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. Ill 



Quiscalus inflexirostris Swains. 



^uiscalus inflexirostris Swains. An. in Men. p. 309 (1S3S). — Bp. Consp. 



I, p. 424 (1S50).— Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phihi. 1866, p. 407.— 



Semper, P. Z. S. 1S72, p. 651.— Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, P- 175.— Bd. 



BwR. «& RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 214 (1S74).— Lawr. Pr. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 355, 4S7 (187S).— Scl. Ibis. 1884, p. 160.— 



Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (18S5). 

 Quiscalus barita Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 16S. 

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

 Quiscalus Itiminosns Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire pluma<?e lustrous black, showing a purplish 

 tinge on the head, back, and breast, when held in the light; wings 

 and tail bluish black; bill and feet black. 



Female? — Top of head grayish brown, becoming darker brown 

 on the back; throat dull white; underparts huffy brown; a streak 

 of pale buff from the eye to the nape, bordered below by a narrow 

 streak of pale brown; quills and tail dark brown, showing a slight 

 tinge of bluish. 



Immature males are intermediate between the female.? and adult 

 male, being light brown and black in patches. 



Length (skin), 9;-wing, 4.75; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25; bill, i. 

 Habitat. Santa Lucia and Martinique. 



Quiscalus brachypterus Cassin. 



Quiscalus brachypterus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, p. 406.— 



Scl. & Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 38 (1873).— Scl. Ibis, 18S4, p. 



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

 Quiscalus crassirostris Gundl. J. f. O. 1866, p. 188. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 255 (18S6). Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. 



Forh. 1869, p. 598. 

 Chalcophanes lugubris Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 59S. 

 Holoquiscalus brachypterus Gray. Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1S70). 

 Chalcophanes brachypterus GvTiVil^. '^. f. O. 1S74, p. 312; ib. 1878, p. 177; 



ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 213 (1S78). 

 Quiscalus baritus var. brachypterus Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. 



Bds. II, p. 213 (1S74). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage black, showing a purplish tinge when 

 held in the light; the wings and tail have a greenish gloss; inner 

 surface of wings showing a brownish tinge when held in the light. 

 The sexes appear to be similar. 



Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.75; tarsus, i.io; bill, 90. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



