HOLOQUISCALUS, 401 
Genus HOLOQUISCALUS, Cassin. 
Holoquiscalus jamaicensis ( Daud.). 
(Plate XVIII. figs. 1 & 2.) 
Quiscalus crassirostris, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 217 (1847); Sel. Cat. 
Birds B. M. xi. p. 393 (1886); Nekrk. Kat. Eversamml. p. 104 
(1899). 
Moloquiscalus jamaicensis, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. ii. p. 227 
(1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 509 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 
p- 347 (1910). 
The eggs of the Jamaica Grackle resemble those of Megaquiscalus 
macrurus. They measure from 1-1 to 1:18 in length, and from 
*8 to 88 in breadth. 
4. Jamaica. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
4. Jamaica. Rev. Barham Zincke [C.]. 
4. Jamaica. Rev. Barham Zincke fe 
1. Jamaica (W. Osburn: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coill.). 
1. St. Thomas, Jamaica, 7th June Crowley Bequest. 
(C. B. Taylor). 
Holoqniscalus fortirostris (Lawr.). 
(Plate XVIII. figs. 7 & 8.) 
Quiscalus fortirostris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 400 (1886); Fezlden, 
Ibis, 1889, p. 485; Nehrk. Kat. Eversaml. p. 104 (1899). 
Holoquiszalus fortirostris, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer.ii. p. 229 
(1992); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 510 (1909); Nekrk. Kat. Eiersammi. 
p- 847 (1910). 
The eggs of the Barbados Grackle resemble those of Megaquwiscalus 
macrurus and H. jamaicensis so closely as to require no separate 
description. Four examples measure respectively: 1:1 by ‘76; 
L-OSiby Wl: 1:03; by 76.5 1 by -74. 
3. Barbados, 6th July. Col. H. W. Feilden [P.}. 
1. Barbados, 6th July. Col. H. W. Feilden [P.]. 
Holoquiscalus luminosus (Lawr.). 
(Plate XVIII. figs. 5 & 6.) 
Quiscalus luminosus, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 402 (1886); Lavwr. Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 615 (1886). 
Holoquiscalus luminosus, Redgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. ii. p. 232 
(1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 510 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Etersummi. 
p. 347 (1910). 
Eggs of the Grenada Grackle resemble those of Megaquiscalus 
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