HOLOQUrsr'ALUS. 4i)l 



Genus HOLOaUISCALUS, Cassin. 



Holoquiscalus jamaicensis i^Duud.). 



(Plate XVIII. figs. 1 & 2.) 



Quiscalus crassirostri.s, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 217 (1847) ; Scl. Cat. 



Birds B. M. xi. p. 398 (1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 104 



(1899). 

 Holoquiscalus ja'-aaicensi.s, Ridgw. Birds North 1^ Middle Amer. ii. p. 227 



(1902); Shnrjje, Hand-l. v. p. o09 (1909) ; Ne/irk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 347 (1910). 



The eggs of the Jamaica Grackle resemble those of Me{/nqnisccthis 

 macrurus. The}' measure from !•! to 1-18 in length, and from 

 •8 to -88 in breadth. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Rev. Barliani Zincke [0.]. 

 Rev. Earliam Zincke [C], 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Holoquiscalus fortirostris (Lawr.). 

 (Plate XYIII. figs. 7 & 8.) 



Quiscalus fortirostris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 400 (1886); Feilden, 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 485 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 



Iloloqiiiscalus fortirostris, liid'/ic. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. ii. p. 229 

 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hund-l. v. p. 510 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 347 (1910). 



The eggs of the Barbados Grackle resemble those o{ Megaquiscalus 

 macrurus and H. jamaicensis so closely as to require no separate 

 description. Four examples measure respectively : 1-1 by "76 ; 

 1-03 by -71 ; 1-03 by 76 ; 1 by -74. 



3. Barbados, 6th Julv. Col. H. W, Feilden [P.], 



1. Barbados, 6th July. Col. H. W. Feilden [P.], 



Holoquiscalus luminosus {Lawr.). 

 (Plate XVIII. figs. 5 & 6.) 



Quiscalus luuiiiiosus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 402 (1886) : Lan-r. Pr. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. IX. p. 615 (1886). 

 Holoquiscalus luminosus, jRidr/ic. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. ii. p. 232 



(1902) ; Sharpe, Iland-l.'v. p. 510 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 347 (1910). 



Eggs of the Grenada Grackle resemble those of Megaquiscalus 



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