226 Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies. [April 



atioii of Grenada speciinens is possibly somewhat brighter, but 

 their specific distinctness is questionable 



Quiscalus guadeloupensis Lawr. 



J^iiisca/Ks gi(adeloiipc7isis Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 457, 487 

 (1878).— ScL. Ibis, 1884, p. 160.— Cory. Li.st Bds. W. I. p. 14(1885). 



''Male: — The general plumage is of a deep purplish-violet; the 

 wing-coverts have a decided green lustre : tail black, glossed with 

 green; quills black, with a greenish tinge; bill and feet black." 

 (Lawr., orig. descr.) 



Female: — Top of head dull brown, becoming darker brown on the 

 back and wings; throat white; u faint moustache-like streak extend- 

 ing from the lower mandible on the sides of the throat ; a dull line of 

 butf\'-white passing from the upper mandible through the eye : ear- 

 coverts brownish; breast buffy-white ; belly dull white, tinged with 

 brownish-olive on the sides ; wings and tail dark brown. 



Length (skin), 9.75; wing, 5; tail, 4.50; tarsus, x.25; bill, i. 

 Habitat. Guadeloupe. • 



Quiscalus gundlachii Cassix. 



Quiscalus barytiis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 120 



(1840). — Thienem. J. f. O. 1857. P- H5- 

 Chalcopkaues barytas Cab. Mus. Ilein. L p. 197 (1S51). — Guxdl. J. f 



O. 1856, p. 15. 

 Calcophanes baritiis Brewer, Pr. Host. Soc. Nat. Hist. VIL p. 307 (i860). 

 Quiscalus gutidlachii CAS&iTSi, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866. p. 406. 

 Holoquiscalns gundlachii Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 38 (1870). 

 Chalcophanes gundlachii Gv^D\.. J. f O. 1874. p. 135. 

 Quiscalus baritiis \7\.x. gundlachii Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 



II, p. 213 (1874). 

 Quiscalus gu7idlachi '^Q\..\h\%. \%'&\. Y>. 159. — Cory. List Bds. W. I. p. 



14(1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black, with purplish and bluish re- 

 flections; wings and tail showing greenish or bluish reflections when 

 held in the light. 



Length (skin), 11.50; wings, 6; tail. 5; tarsus. 1.55; bill. 1.25. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



Quiscalus niger (Bonn.). 



Oriolus niger Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 31 (17S3). 



Quiscalus barita Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 232. 



Quiscalus niger Cassin. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1886, p. 407.— ScL. 



Ibis. 1SS4. p. 159. — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 73(1885); 



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



