BIRDS—ICTERIDAE— QUISCALUS, 
553 
confined to the head and neck, the rest of the body being of a richly lustrous and strongly marked 
In one specimen only, 
green, more distinct than that on the wings and tail of ferrugineus. 
from Santa Rosalia, Mexico, is there a trace of purple on some of the wing and tail feathers. 
List of specimens. 
Catal.| Sex. Locality. When col- |Whence obtained. | Orig’! Collected by— Danes Streteh| Wing. Remarks. 
No. lected. No. of wings.| 
| 
10296 |......| Pembina, Minn........ Sept. 20,1857 | N. W. University. .| RG SENNHICOLte a!) clemven cell mwcrste vie'a [lesanaeen |e cee ajceasaievepeartaae FSA 
4754 | & | Mouth of Big Nemaha..| April 23,1856 | Lieut. Warren... Dre Haydenisaes|/)'10200)) T6537"}) “5.25% cnn cscwecetess oeeare oe 
5320 | @ | Fort Randall,on Mo....| Oct. 18,1856 |......dO...eeee0e. | ee cecesceee 
4753 |-+°***| Upper Missouri ..00sceslecescecccevces|sseens OO} sce sareassiell's . eeeveccccce 
Ai55 || (Gy |\neoscacdOsceeusesswsse igesecdOer vwanees 
AT5E | -seees| cenees dO... oer [ee secelecnees do. . 
5668 | @ | Platte river....... veee.| July 22,1856 | Lieut. Bryan .... 
8253 | @ | Fort Laramie, Neb.....] Sept. —,1857 | W. M. Magraw... 
8229) (O | cecceeedOsecasenes esses) SEpte 12, 1857 |evseeed0. 5 
8255 | QO aiala DO tersislsrs | esieie, dOssietatete 
#254] od |. 
256] Oo |. Iris yellow, bill and feet 
black. 
8212 | J [evevee dOvee eee . SaseieeQOsieisssrsise. a 
8257 | Davee dOveee- sees svvees i | aetorate, Or ete toe tsiciare 
8704 |--**++| Fort Riley, K. T....... Dr. Hammond... Beadle . 
5006 |-eess Gaudaloupe bottom,Tex.|.. Capt. Pope ...... Iris yellow 
5007 jseres: Devil’s river, Texas....| April 29,1855 |...... C0ieistaesncu aistee 
712 |*ee+se) Bagle Pass, Texas ..... Maj. Emory ..... 
113 | ss9e9* Santa Rosalia, Mexico,.| Mar. —,1853 | Lieut. Couch... 
5005 |+++++| Dofta Ana, N. Mexico,.| Nov. 10,1855 | Capt. Pope ...... PERT 
8705 Q Los Angeles; Cals ccccce|jcccercsasasss| Lit. Wiliiamson..|..sec0| Dr. Heermann:.| sa. vave|es Jeoves 
4942 |-oeees| San José, Cal..s.cseees| secccescevens A. J. Grayson..s.|eseees}enes owes eee |. see . 
8711 |... San Francisco, Cal.....|o.secsescceess Lt. Williamson ..]...... Dye ELGOrMAN Th. lsc scien] cesses Jeane cjuraie 
B709) |eaescs | METCSIGIO; Calssccvesecskieaenense) cee Lite: DrowDridz@ec| sss si|ecnsselcseciewanss | scwcieas ee ececlevecseae 
5538 | dG | Petaluma, Cal...... aisiein| stawietsicictsistemas [pene MAMUOLS cpteierat ie Leo. cman yelesie yes : 11.00 15.00 BAUM lespen Reahinccewnteeees 
T1O | levees dO. se eeeeeeeeee| Feb. 51856 |e.e 16 dOreeee eens 173 |... pee 5.66 | 12.54 4.54 eveveccvectcccece . 
5909) |sinseOl seca ve vdOraceciv ves women DAY LO, 1856) | sevenedOe seve cjcece OTN ceienisie e iatasaie aierais aisle lis(eleienemere Javese'eiarorw'a Vises cecceecccecees 
4381 Q Fort Dalles, O. T.......| May 9,1855 | Dr. Suckley.....| 172 |.ccccccee: cocces 9.62 | 14.83] 4.75 | Iris hazel.........esecees 
4382) |soeess saseeieleUOisues of etiswsioe|| DeGs 2091854) ess 5.700vee.s sca |) A4Sulessanaes 9.50 | 15.50} 5.95 | Iris light yellow.........+ 
8706 | 3 | Fort Vancouver, W. T..| Jan. 23,1854 | Gov. Stevens....| 17 | Dr. Cooper....| 9.75 | 16.25 Peae ar lhe ead aisle eres "ae sais srors'ere . 
BNA Ole | Remesnet Couscocsopeddaod ruete. LENE SY Roannet CSeererecce 18 |.....do..... vse] 9.50 | 14.75 |.scceees| evcesecees seeseencenere sss 
8708 | QD |.sseeedO..... seen sevens [eeseeeOre cece |eoeeeedO.e sesseess| 18 ]..... COssseeasee| 9550 |) LATS bee ceweeslience veeees slalelainia\ s sleisiets 
QUISCALUS, Vieillot. 
Quiscalus, ViertLor, Analyse, 1816. 
(Gray.) Type Gracula quiscala, L. 
Cu.—Bill as long as the head, the culmen slightly curved, the gonys almost straight; the edges of the bill inflected and 
rounded ; the commissure quite strongly sinuated. 
Outlines of tarsal scutellae well defined on the sides; wings shorter than 
the tail, sometimes much more so ; tail long, the feathers conspicuously and decidedly graduated. Colors black. 
The excessive graduation of the long tail, with the perfectly black color, at once distinguish 
this genus from any other in the United States. 
The species are best known by the compara- 
tive size and length of the tail, as shown in the following table of measurements. 
June 28, 1858. 
70 b 
