160 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the 



10. QuiSCALUS BRACK YPTERUS. 



Quiscalus brachypferus, Cass. Pr. A.C. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 406 ; 

 Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 38. 



Quiscalus crassirostris, Gundl. J. f. 0. 1866, p. 188. 



Chalcophanes brachypterus, Gundl. J. f. O. 1878, p. 177. 



Chulcophanes lugubris, Sund. Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1869, 

 p. 598. 



Violaceo-uiger ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 10*5, 

 alffi 5*0, caudse rectr. med. 4*5, ext. 3'3. Fem. Mari 

 similis, sed crassitie minore. 



Hab. Porto Uico. 



Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



11. Quiscalus inflexirostris. 



Quiscalus inflexirostris, Sw. An. in Men. p. 309 (1838) ; 

 Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 407; Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, 

 p. 175 ; Lawr. Proc. U. S. N. M. i. p. 355, et p. 487 (Mar- 

 tiiiicjue) ; Semper, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 651 (St. Lucia). 



Quiscalus barita, Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 168 (Martinique). 

 Quiscalus lugubris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 271 (St. Lucia). 

 Niger violaceo splendens ; alls caudaque feneo lavatis ; rostro 

 et pedibus nigris ; rostri culmine incurvo, gonyde recto : 

 long, tota 10*0, alse 5*0, caudae reetr. med. 4*5, lat. 3'5. 

 Fem. Cineraceo-fusca, alis caudaque nigricantibus; subtiis 

 dilutior, gutture et pectore albicantioribus ; rostro nigro, 

 pedibus obscure carneis : long, tota 8*8, alse 4'2, caudae 

 rectr. med. 3*4, ext. 2 8. (Specimina ex S. Lucia.) 

 Hab. St. Lucia [Semper) ; Martinique (Taylor et Ober). 

 Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



There is a mounted specimen of this species in the Cam- 

 bridge Museum, which may have been the type of Swainson's 

 description. At any rate, I think we are pretty safe in 

 applying Swainson^s name to this species, if distinct from 

 Q. lugubris (of which I have some doubts !). 



12. Quiscalus guadeloupensis. 



Quiscalus guadeloupensis , Lawr. Pr. U. S. N. M. i. pp.457 

 &487. 

 Similis Q. inflexlrostri ex Martinica, sed crassitie paulo 



