Species of the Family Icteridae. 161 



majore et rostro rectiore ; colore feminae quoque diverso. 

 {Laivrence.) 

 Hah. Guadeloupe [Oher). 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



I have a single skin of this Guadeloupe form in my col- 

 lection. As it is not in perfect plumage I will not give an 

 opinion upon the species further than saying that its distinct- 

 ness from Q. inflexirostris seems open to question. 



13. QuiSCALUS LUMINOSUS. 



Quiscalus, sp.^ Lawr. Pr. U. S. N. M. i. p. 191. 

 Quiscalus luminosus, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. i. 

 p. 162 (1878), et Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 265, 487; 

 Ober, Camps in the Caribbees, p. 247. 



Similis Q. brachijptero, sed colore violaceo Isetiore et tectri- 

 cibus caudse superioribus et inferioribus seneo-viridibus 

 diversus. Fern. Obscure fusca, subtus obscure cineracea, 

 in gutture et pectore dilutior. [Lawrence.) 

 Hab. Grenada and Grenadines. 

 Mus. Nat. U. S. (mihi nondum obvius). 



14. Quiscalus fortirostris. 



Quiscalus fortir ostr is, Lawr. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1868, p. 360; 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 175, et Ibis, 1873, p. 324 (Barbadoes). 



Quiscalus rectirostris, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, 

 p. 409 (?) . 



Nigerrimus vix purpureo tinctus ; rostro et pedibus nigris : 

 long, tota 9'0, alse 4*25, caudae, 4'2. Fern. Mari similis, 

 sed crassitie minore. 



Hab. Barbadoes. 



Mus. P. L. S. 



Obs. Similis Q. lugubri, sed crassitie minore ; colore minus 

 violaceo ; necnon rostro breviore et magis crasso diversus. 



The only specimen of this species I have ever seen is a 

 single skin (probably of a female, from its small size), re- 

 ceived in spirit in 1873, in my own collection. It is really 

 curious that it should have been left to an American orni- 

 thologist to describe as new one of the commonest birds'^ in. 

 * Cf. Salvin's letter, Ibis, 1873. p. 334. 



