;594 ICTERIDJ!. 



C. Size small. Tail-feathers moderately gradu- 

 ated. (IloLOQUISCALUS.) 



c. Larger ; sexes alike, black. 

 (•'. Culmeu almost straight : 



I size larger 7. guncllachi, p. 398. 



I size smaller 8. niyer, p. 3iJ8. 



d', Ciilmen incurved : 



I bill thick 9. crassirostiis, p. .398. 



I bill compressed 10. hrachyptm-us, p. 399. 



d. Smaller ; sexes nearly alike ; female 



slightly brownish 11. fortirostris, p. 400. 



f 12. iiijie.vifostris, p. 401. 



on Tcr i ;' 13. uuadeloupemis.X). AQY. 



e. Smaller : sexes dilierent -< t , y . ' . A.f 



' I 14. luminosus, p. 402. 



1^15. liKjuhris, p. 402. 



1. Cluiscaliis versicolor. 



Gracula quiscula, Linn. S.N. i. p. 105. 



Gracula quiscola, Wils. Am. Orn. iii. p. 44, pi. 21. f . 4. 



Chalcophanes quiscalus, Cab. Mus. Hviti. i. p. 190. 



Quiscalus versicolor, Vieill. Num. Diet, xxviii. p. 488 ; id. Gal. des 



Ois. i. p. 171, pi. 108 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 424 ; Stv. Faun. Bor.-Am. 



ii. p. 285 ; id. An. in Menay. p. 298 ; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 555 ; 



Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 140 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 154. 

 Quiscalus purpuratus, Sw. An. in Menucj. p. 298 (?). 

 Quiscala nitens, Licht. Doiihl. p. 18. 

 Quiscalus purpureus, Cassin, Br. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 403 ; Baird, 



Brew., et Midgw. N. A. B. ii. p. 214; Coues, Key N. A. B. (1884) 



p. 413. 

 Quiscalus seneus, Ridgiv. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1869, p. 134. 

 Quiscalus purpureus, var. aineus, Baird, Brew., et Bidgw. N. A. B. 



ii. p. 218. 

 Quiscalus versicolor seneus, Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 154. 

 Quiscalus purpureus aeneus. Cones, Key N. A. B. (1884) p. 413. 

 Quiscalus baritus, Baird, B. N. A. p. 556. 

 Quiscalus aglffius, Baird, Am. Joitrn. Sc. ser. 2, xli. 18G6, p. 84 ; 



Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. PIul. 18G0, p. 40i ; Bidgw. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 



1869, p. 135. 

 Quiscalus purpureus, var. aglseus, Baird, Brew., et liidyiv. N. A. B. 



ii. p. 221. 

 Quiscalus versicolor aglseus, Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 154. 

 Quiscalus purpureus aglseus, Coues, Key N. A. B. (1884) p. 414. 

 Purple Grakle, Lath. Gen. H. B. iii. p. 174. 



Elack ; whole body more or less glossed with greeu, purple, and 

 violet of varying tints ; head and neck all round glossy purplish ; 

 bill and feet black : whole length 11-5 inches, wing 5"7, tail 5. 

 Female similar, but smaller. 



Hah. Atlantic slope of N. America, from Sa.skatchewan to Texas. 



The American ornithologists divide this species into three sub- 

 species, namelj' : — - 



1. Q. versicolor typicus. Bather larger ; the underparts with 

 violaceous tints. From the Atlantic-coast States north of Florida. 



2. Q. versicolor a<jlceus. Generally similar, but smaller. From 

 South Florida. 



