550 Gberholser. Raci • scalus quiscida. [q^ 



Sturnus quiscala Datoix. Traite Elern. et Compl. d'Omith., II. 1800, 

 p. 316 (= GractUa quiscida Linnaeus). 



Gracida quiscala Wilson. Amer. Ornith.. III. 1811, p. 44. pi. XXI. fig. 

 4 ( = Gracida quiscida Linnaeus 



Quiscalus versicolor Vieillot. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XX Vlll, 1819, 

 p. 4SS [Greater Antilles to Hudson Bay) (nom. nov. pro Gracida quiscala 

 Latham. Ind. Ornith.. I. 1790. p. 191, qua? Gracida quiscida Linnaeus). 



Qu[«$caZt7]. nitens Lichtexsteix, Verz. Doubl., 1823. p. IS (nom. nov. 

 pro Gracida quiscida Linnaeus et Stwrnus quiscala Daudi 



Qu[iscalus\. purpureus Stephexs. in Shaw. Gen. ZooL, XIV, pt. 1. 1826, 

 p. 4S based on Gracida "quiscala" [= quiscula] Shaw. Gen. ZooL, VII. 

 1809, p. 45S [= Gracida quiscida Linnaeus]; and on Wilson. Amer. Ornith., 

 III. p. 44. pi. XXI. fig. 4 ("South" [= North] America . 



purpuratus Swaixsox. Anim. in Menag., 1S^ V 2 18 North 

 Amer: 



; ; ird. Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts. ser. 2. XLI. 1S66, 

 sed on Quiscalus baritus Baird, Rep. Explor. and Surv. R. R. Pac, 

 IX. 1858, p. 556; Cape Florida. Florida . 



Q[uiscalus]. versicolor typicus Ridgway. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.. No. 50, 

 pt. II. 1902. p. 217 (Sclater MS. in synonymy . 



Chars. Subsp. — Size small: back, scapulars, and lower parts nearly 

 uniform dull olive or bottle green. 1 



Tvfe Locality. — ■ Coast of South Carolina. 8 



Geographic Distributiox. — Resident in the southern part of the 

 southeastern United States. Breeds north to the coast of South Carolina, 

 southern Georgia, southern Alabama, and southern Mississippi; west to 

 eastern Louisiana; south to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, from eastern 

 Louisiana to southern Florida: and east to the Atlantic coast of Florida, 

 Georgia, and South Carolina. 



Remarks. — The individual variation in this race is not nearly 

 - great as in the form of the species breeding in the Middle Atlantic 

 States. Its usual coloration is much like the dark green-backed 

 phase of the latter. It has. however, what might be considered 

 two phases of plumage, in one of which the head is bluish, espe- 

 cially anteriorly, in the other purplish: the head is apparently 

 very rarely, if ever, green. In some specimens the median posterior 

 lower parts show some blue or purplish: and the upper parts are 

 occasionally more or less obscurely barred with the same, particu- 

 larly on the posterior portion. These variations are. of course. 



- For measurements of this race. ef. Ridgway. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.. No. 50, pt. II, 1902, 

 pp. 217-2 - 



' Designated by Wayne. The Auk. XXXV. Xo. 4. October. I 



