162 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the 



the Euglish island of Barbadoes, and that there should be 

 no specimens of it in our collections except a miserable skin 

 taken from a specimen received in spirit. 



15. QuiSCALUS LUGUBRIS. 



Quiscalus luguhris, Sw. An. in Menag. p. 299 ; P. Z. S. 

 1857, p. 265 (Amazons), et Cat. A. B. p. 141 ; Burm. Syst. 

 Ueb. iii. p. 283; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 408; 

 Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 84 (Trinidad). 



Chalcophanes jamaicensis {^) et C. minor ( ? ) , Cab. in 

 Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 683. 



Chalcophanes luguhris, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 577. 

 Quiscalus barita, Leotaud, Ois. Trin. p. 268 (Trinidad). 

 Purpurascenti-niger ; alis caudaque extiis ieneo lavatis ; rostro 

 et pedibus nigris : long, tota 8*2, alse 4*3, caud?e rcctr. 

 med. 3*8, ext. 2'9. Fern. Fumoso-nigra, alis caudaque 

 nigricantibus, subtiis vix dilutior: long, tota 8*2, alae 

 4*0, caudffi rectr. med. 3*7, ext. 2'8. (Specim. ex Cayenne, 

 maris in Mus. P. L. S., feminse in Mus. S,-G.) 

 Hub. Venezuela and the Guianas. 

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



I have had a male specimen of this bird (of Cayenne make) 

 in my collection since J 846 ! With the female I have only 

 lately become acquainted fi^om the specimen in the collection 

 of Messrs. Salvin and Godman. 



Genus V. MACRAOELyEUS. 



Macroagelaius, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 13 : type 

 M. subalar'is. 



Cassin has classed this bird as an Agelams under a different 

 subgeneric heading. I think, however, that its long graduated 

 tail constitutes it more probably a member of the Quiscaline 

 group, although I agree with Cassin that it is better to treat 

 it as entitled to rank as a genus. 



1. Macragel^us subalaris. 



Quiscalus subalaris, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1810, p. 70 ; Bp. 

 Consp. p. 525 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 141, et P. Z. S. 1855, 

 p. 153 (Bogota) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 38 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 

 1871, pp. 127, 330 (Colombia). 



