402 



14. Cluiscalus luminosus. 



Quiscalus, sp., Lmvr. Pr. U. S. JV. M. i. p. 191. 



Quiscalus lumiuosus, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc i. p. 1(52 



(1878) ; id. Proc. U. S. Nat. 3Ius. i. pp. 270, 487 ; Ober, Camps 



in the Caribhees, p. 246 ; Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 161. 



Bill of Quiscalus limiinosus. 



The single pair of this form recentlj^ received seem to show that 

 the species is nearest to Q. inflexirosiris, but has a longer and more 

 compressed bill. The plumage of the male is darker and more 

 violaceous. Length 9'4 inches, wing 4*7, tail 4. The female is 

 nearly similar to that of Q. inflexirostris, of Martinique. 



Hah. Grenada and the Grenadines. 



a,b. c? 5 ad. sk. Grenada, W. I. (J. Grant Sclater Coll. 



15. Quiscalus lugubris. 



Quiscalus lugubris, Sio. An. in Memu/. p. 299; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. 



p. 28.3; Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 84 (Trinidad); Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. 



Phil. 1866, p. 408 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 38 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. 



p. 141 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 162. 

 Ohalcophanes jamaicensis (cJ) et 0. minor (5), Cab. in Schomb. 



Guian. iii. p. 683. 

 Ohalcophanes lugubris, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 577. 

 Quiscalus barita, Leotaud, Ois. Trin. p. 268 i^Triuidad). 



Black, strongl}' glossed with violaceous ; wings and tail with a 

 slight greenish tinge ; bill and feet black ; bill strong, the culmen 

 inflexed, gonys straight : whole length 8-2 inches, wing 4 : tail, 

 middle rectr. 3-7, outer 2*8. Female. 8moky blackish, wings and 

 tail darker, very slightly glossed ; beneath paler, smoky brown : 

 whole length 8-2 inches, wing 4 ; tail, middle rectr. 3-7, lat. rectr. 2-8. 



Hah. Trinidad, Venezuela and Cayenne. 



«. S ad. sk. Cayenne. Sclater CoU. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Cayenne. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



c. cJ ad. sk. George Town, Demerara Sclater Coll. 



{Brown'). 



d. e. S ad. sk. Demerara. J. C. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 /. S ad. sk. Trinidad. Sclater Coll. 



g. S ad. sk. Trinidad. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



h. cj jr . sk. Venezuela. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



