400 



ICTERID.E. 



This species is easily distinguishable from the three preceding by 

 its more slender and compressed bill. 



a. (S ad. sk. 

 h,c. cS 2 ^^- sk. 

 d, e. (S 2 f^d. sk. 

 /. 2 ad. sk. 

 ff. (^ ad. sk. 



Porto Rico, N. side (Latimer). 

 Porto Rico (Brymit). 

 Porto Rico (Bri/ant). 

 Porto Rico (Brj/ant). 

 Porto Rico (Swift). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Mrs. Bryant [P.]. 

 Sah'in-Cxodman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



11. Guiscalus fortirostris. 



Quiscalus fortirostris, Lmor. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1868, p. 360 ; Scl. et 

 Salv. Nomencl. p. 38 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 175 ; id. Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 334 (Barbadoes), et 1884, p. 161. 



Quiscalus rectirostris, C'assin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 409 (?). 



Bill of Quiscalus fortirostris, c? et 2 . 



Uniform black Avith a purplish gloss, which is rather greenish on 

 the wings and tail ; bill and feet black : whole length 9 inches, 

 wing 4-3, tail 3-7. Female similar, but smaller and of a dull black ; 

 wings and tail brownish. 



Hah. Barbadoes. 



Sir William Robinson, in answer to my inqttiries,has most kindly 

 sent me a series of skins of this bird, and likewise some specimens 

 in spirit. The latter have enabled me to ascertain without doubt, 

 what I had akeady believed to be the case from the examination 

 of the skins, that the sexes in this Quiscalns are nearly alike in 

 ])lumage, and that it agrees in this respect with the species of the 

 Larger Antilles, although it is of smaller size. 



n-c. S ad. sk. : Barbadoes (Sir IV. Eolinsun). Sclater Coll. 



d-y. 5 ad. sk. 

 //. .Tr. sk. Barbadoes (Sir G. Brif/gs). Sclater Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Barbadoes. Sir R. Schoiuburgk 



[C.]. 



