396 



3. Guiscalus macrurus. 



Quiscalus macrurus, Sio. An. in Menag. p. 299 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 424 ; 

 Baird, B. N. Am. p. 554 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 18oG, p. 300 (Cordova, 

 Mex.), et 1858, p. 358 (Hondiu'as), et 1864, p. 175 (City of 

 Mexico) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 141 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 156 ; Scl. et 

 Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 20 (Guatemala) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837 (Hon- 

 duras) ; iid. Komencl. p. 38; Taylor, Ris, 1860, p. 112; Cassin, 

 Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 410 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 446 

 (Yucatan) ; Coues, Key, 1884, p. 412. 



Chalcopbanes macrom-us, Cah. Mus. Hein. i. p. 196; id. J. f. 0. 18G1, 

 p. 82 (Costa liica). 



Quiscalus major, var. macrurus, Baird, Brnc, et Ridgw. N. A. B. 

 ii. p. 225 ; Laicr. Mem. Boston Soc. JV. 11. ii. p. 281 (North- 

 west Mex.). 



Shining purplish black, passing into a greenish tinge on the lower 

 back and crissnm ; wings and tail dull Uack ; bill and feet black : 

 whole length 17 inches, wing 7-9 ; tail, middle rectrices 8-8, outer 5-3. 

 Female. Above blackish brown, with slight metallic reflections ; 

 below brown ; crissum blackish : whole length 13 inches, wing 6, 

 tail 6-5. 



Hob. Mexico and Guatemala. 



a. cS ad. St. Mexico. J. Taylor, Esq. [C.]. 



b. $ ad. sk. Mexico ( /. Taylor). J. Gould, Esq. 



c. cT ad. sk. Jalapa, S. Mexico (de Oca). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. e. (S 2 ^^- ^^- Orizaba, Mexico (Botteri). Sclater Coll. 



fi ff- c? ? ad. sk. Oaxaca, S. Mexico (Fenochio). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



V;.'2 ad.sk. Northern Yucatan ( Gff(«wer). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



i. d ]!'■ sk. Merida, Northern Yucatan Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Gaumer). 



j-m. (S ad.; n. S Cozumel I., Yucatan {G. F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



jr. ; o-j}. 5 ad. sk. Gaumer). 



q. $ ad. sk. Belize, British Honduras Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Blancaneaux). 



r. S ad. sk. Half Moon Quay, Brit. Hond. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salmn). 



s. S ad. sk. Choctum, Vera Paz, Guat. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



{Salvin). 



t. 2 ad. sk. Vera Paz (Salvin). Sclater Coll. 



u,v. cJ 2 ad. sk. Duenas, Guatemala (Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



w. c? ad. sk. Guatemala (Salvin). Sclater Coll. 



.r. 2 ad. sk. Guatemnla (Flee). Sclater Coll. 



y. (S jr. sk. ; z, a'. Honduras. Purchased. 



2 ad. .sk. 



4. Guiscalus assimilis. 



Quiscalus peruvianus, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 354 (1838) : Cassin, Pr. 



Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 412 (?). 

 Quiscalus assimihs, Sclater, Cat. A. B. p. 141 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 156; 



Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 410 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomei^cl. p. 38 ; 



Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 330 (Colombia); Taez. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 323, 



et p. 751 (Western Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 431. 

 Quiscalus macrurus ?, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 191 (Veragua). 



