2C). auiscALus. 



399 



p. 425 ; Gosse, B. Jam. p. 217 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 359 ; id. Ibk, 

 1834, p. 159 ; Scl. et Sab. N,nnend. p. 38. 

 Quiscaliis baritus. Cassia, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 405: Baird, 

 Bretv., et Ridyw. N. A. B. ii. p. 213. 



BiU of Quiscalus crassirostris. 



Black with a violaceous gloss, passing into greenish on the wings 

 and tail ; bill thick, culmen much incurved : whole length 10-5 

 inches, wing 5-7, tail 5. Female similar, hut smaller. 



Hub, Jamaica. 



a. 2 ad. st. 



b. (j ad. st. 



c. c? ad.sk. 



d. e. tS 2 ad. sk. 

 /. cS ad. sk. 



Jamaica. 

 Jamaica. 

 Metcalfe Parish, Jamaica 



(G. N. Allen). 

 Jamaica {March). 

 Spanishtown, Jamaica 



{March). 



Purcliased. 

 J. Goukl, Esq. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



[P.]. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



10. Guiscalus brachypterus. 



Quiscalus brachypterus, Cass. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 400 ; Scl. et 



Salv. Nomencl. p. 38 ; Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 160. 

 Quiscalus crassirostris, Bryant, J.f. O. 1866, p. 188. 

 Chalcophaues brachypterus, Gundl. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 177; id. Anal. 



Soc. Esp. H. N. vii. p. 213 (1878). 

 Chalcophaues lugubris, Sund. (Efv. K. Vet.-Ak. Fijrh. 1869, p. 598. 

 Quiscalus baritus, var. brachypterus, Baird, Breto., et Eidyio. N. A. B. 



ii. p. 213. 



Bill of Quiscalus brachypterus. 



Black with a strong violaceous gloss, passing into greenish on the 

 wings and tail : hill much compressed, culmen incurved : whole 

 length 10-5 inches, wing 5, tail 4-5. Female similar, hut smaller. 



ilab. Porto Rico. 



