204 GEACKLE8. 



south in Nov., north in Feb. Note, '''"Chaf' varied by " We- 

 chaf\ harshly given. 



Fig. 268. 



CC, E, h, 1. 1-5. 



2. FLORIDA GRACKLE, Q. aglaeus. Smaller than 

 1, excepting bill and feet, which are as large or larger; the 

 parts that are bronzy in 1 are greenish and are mixed and 

 somewhat barred with violet and blue ; head and wings blu- 

 ish and violet. Fla. and along the Gulf Coast to La. This 

 was the first form to become separated from 1 (as it spread 

 north-east) and, adapting itself to the environment, early be- 

 came much as it now is, hence on account of its specific age 

 is nearly as staple as the ancestral stock. Resident. 



3. PURPLE GRACKLE, Q. quiscala. Size and form 

 of 1 with much of the colors of 2 but averaging less bright 

 and exceedingly variable. Atlantic Coast region east of the 

 Alleghanies from the northern shores of Long Island Sound 

 and lower Hudson Yalley to Ga. ; migratory as in 1. This is 

 a later form which has become separated from the ancestral 

 stock, 1, and changed to what it now is by its environment. 

 It probably found its way to the coast south of the Alleghany 



