I8S6.1 Cory 0)i the Birds of the Wc$t Indies. 2 27 



^niscaliis afcr Bryant. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1S66). — Cory, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1S81).— Tristram, Ibis, 1SS4, p. 

 16S. 



Holoquiscaliis Jiigcr Gr.-\y, Ilandl. Bds. II, p. 38 (1870). 



^uiscaliis baritus var. «/Vt'/-BD. BwR. i\: Ridgvv. Ilist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 

 213 (1S74). 



Sp. Ch.\r. Male: — General plumage lustrous black, showing purple when 

 held in the light; wings and tail black with bluish reflections; bill 

 and feet black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 10.25; ^'"s! S-4o; tail, 5; tarsus, 1.30; bill, i.io. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Quiscalus atroviolaceus D'Orb. 



^uiscalus atro7'iolaceus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba Ois. p. 



121 (1S40).— Cory. List. Bds. W. I. p. 14 (18S5). 

 Scaphidiirus atroz'iolacetis Gr.\y & Mitch. Gen. Bds. II, p. 341. — Bp. 



Consp. I, p. 426 (1S50). 

 Scolecophagtis atroviolaceus Cab. Mus. Hein. I. p. 196 (1851) ; ib. J. f. O. 



1S56, p. 15. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). — 



Cas.sin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, p. 415. — ^Gundl. J. f. O. 



1874, p. 134. 

 f Chalcophaiies quiscalus Gundl. J. 'i. O. 1856, p. 16; ib. 1871, p. 2S8. 

 Dives atroviolaceus Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 39- (1870). — ScL. Ibis, 1884, 



p. 152. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage lustrous black; purplish on the head, 

 back, and breast; bluish on the wings and tail; thighs slightly 

 brownish in some specimens; bill and feet black. 



Length (skin), 9.25; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.05; bill, .75. 



Habitat. Cuba. 



Family CORVID.^. 



Genus Corvus Linn. 



Corvus LiNX.EUS. Syst. Nat. I, p. 155 (1766). 



Corvus leucognaphalus Daud. 



Corvus leucognaphalus Daud. Tr. d'Orn. II, p. 231 (1800). — Salle, P. 

 Z. S. 1857, p. 232.— Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 168.— Bryant, Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 94 (1866).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. 

 Forh. 1869, p. 598. — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. 



