210 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
511. Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.). 
Purple Grackle. 
Gracula quiscula LINN. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 109. 
Quiscalus quiscula JORDAN, Man. Vert. ed. 4, 1884, 93. 
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Geoc. Dist.— Northern Alabama, eastern Tennessee, and east of 
the Alleghanies from Georgia to Massachusetts. 
511 a. Quiscalus quiscula agleeus (Barrp). 
Florida Grackle. 
Quiscalus agleus BAIRD, Am, Jour. Sci. & Arts, XLI. Jan. 1866, 84. 
Ouiscalus guiscula agéeus STEJN. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 43, foot-note. 
[B 422, C—, R 278a, C 336.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Florida, and the southern part of the Gulf States to 
Texas ; north along the Atlantic coast to Virginia. 
511. Quiscalus quiscula ceneus (Ripew.). 
Bronzed Grackle. 
Quiscalus eneus RipGw. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1869, 134. 
Quiscalus quiscula eneus STEJN. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 43, foot-note. 
[B—, C 2254, R 2780, C 337.| 
Groc. Dist.— From the Alleghanies and southern New England 
north to Newfoundland and Great Slave Lake, west to the eastern 
base of the Rocky Mountains, and south to Louisiana and Texas. 
In migrations, the southeastern States, except Florida and the 
Atlantic coast district south of Virginia. 
SuBGENUS MEGAQUISCALUS Cassin. 
Megaquiscalus Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, 409. Type, 
Quiscalus major VIEILL. 
512. Quiscalus macrourus SwalIns. 
Great-tailed Grackle. 
Quiscalus macrourus Swatins. Anim. in Menag. 1838, 299. 
[B 419, C 223, R 275, C 333.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Eastern Texas, south to Central America. 
