i886.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2 2^ 



Genus Nesopsar Scl. 



Nesopsar Sclater. Ibis, 1S59, P- 457- 



Nesopsar nigerrimus (Osburn). 



Icterus nigerrimus, Osburn, Zoologist, pp. 6661. 6714 (1859). 



Nesopsar nigerrimus Scl. Ibis, 1059, p. 457 ; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 139 



(1862). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 197.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 299.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 34 (1870).— Scl. 



& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 38 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, 



Handl. Bds. p. 103 (18S1).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1S85). 

 Agelaius nigerrimus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, p. 12. — 



Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 28. 

 Agelaeus tiigerrimus ScL. Ibis, 1S84, p. 14. 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage glossy blue black; dull black on the 



belh'; wings and tail very dark brown, almost black; under-sur- 



face of wings and tail showing a brownish tinge when held in the 



light; bill black, a faint pale mark at the base of the lower mandible. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 6.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .90; bill, .75. 

 Habitat, lamaica. 



Genus Quiscalus Vieill. 



^uiscalus ViELLOT. Analyse, p. 37 (1816). 



Quiscalus fortirostris Lawr. 



Quiscalus rectirostris Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, p. 409.'' 

 Quiscalus fortirostris Lawr. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, p. 360. — 



ScL. Ibis, 1873, p. 324; ib. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 175.— Scl. & Salv. 



Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 38 (i873).^ScL. Ibis, 1884, p. 161. — Cory, 



List Bds. W.I. p. 14 (1885). 

 Holoquiscalus rectirostris Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870) .'' 

 Holoquiscaltcs fortirostris Gray, Handl. Bds. 11, p. 38 (1870). 



Sp. Char. Male: — -Head and back purplish black; a faint greenish tinge 

 on the thighs and under tail-coverts; wings and tail black, showing 

 greenish reflections; bill and feet black. 



Female: — Similar to the male, but is somewhat duller in colora- 

 tion, and is apparently smaller. 



Length (skin), 8.60; wing. 4.25: tail, 3.75; tarsus, 1.25; bill, i. 

 Habitat. Barbadoes. 



