Appendix to Birds of ike IVdsi Indies. 201 



Genus Spermophila Swainson. 



Spermophila " Swainson Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 348 (1827)." 



Spermophila giMuralis (LiCHT.). 



" Fringilla gutluralis LiCllT. Doubl. p. 26." 



I.oxia plebeia Spix. Av. Bras. IT, p. 46 (1825;. 



Fringilla melanocephala Max. Beitr. Ill, p. 577 (1831). 



Phoniparc gutturalis Bp. Consp. p. 494 (1850). 



Spermophila pilhtralis ^Ch. P, Z. S. (1855), p. 160; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 105 



( 1 862) . — Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 3 ( 1 886) . — Lawr. Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus. vol. IX, p. 614. 

 Sporophila gutturalis Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 149. 



Sp. Char, Male : — Entire head dull black, tinged with green on the occiput; 

 back and rump olive green; underparts pale yellow; quills and tail brown, 

 tinged with olive on the edges; bill pale. 



A specimen in the Smithsonian Institution from Ecuador, labelled 

 " female," has the entire plumage pale brownish olive, except on the 

 belly, which is dull yellowish white. 



Length, 4.25; wing, .2; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .55; bill, .30. 



Grenada. 



Icterus bairdi Cory. 



Icterus bairdi Cory, Auk, III, pp. 500, 502 (1886). 



Sp. Char. — Front of face and throat black; underparts bright yellow; back dull 

 yellow, showing a faint tinge of olive on th^ upper back; tail and wings 

 black; lesser wing-coverts bright yellow; greater secondary wing-coverts 

 pure white, forming a broad white wing patch, some of the inner primaries' 

 delicately edged with white, showing more clearly on the inner secondaries; 

 bill and feet black. 



Length, 7.25; wing, 3.75; tail, 3; tarsus, .85; bill, .85. 



Habitat. Grand Cayman. 



Quiscalus caymanensis Cory. 



Quiscalus caymanensis CoRY, Auk, III, pp. 499, 502 (1886). — RuiGW. Proc. U. 

 S.Nat. Mus. p. 574 (1887). 



Sp. Char. — General plumage purplish black, showing a greenish gloss on the 

 back and rump; wing feathers showing a faint greenish gloss; quills and 

 tail black; bill and feet black; iris yellow. 



Length, 9.75; wing, 5.30; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.25; bill, 1. 10. 



Habitat. Grand Cayman. 



