ORDER PASSERES. 253 



509. Scolecophagns carolinus (MULL.). 



Rusty Blackbird. 



Turdus carolinus MULLER, Syst. Nat. Suppl. 1776, 140. 

 Scolecophagus carolinus RIDGVV. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 1885, 356. 



[6417, C 221, R273, 0331.] 



HAB. Eastern North America, west to Alaska and the Plains. 

 Breeds from Northern New England northward. 



510. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (\VAGL.). 



Brewer's Blackbird. 



Psarocolius cyanocephalus WAGL. I sis, 1829, 758. 

 Scolecophagus cyanocephalus CAB. Mus. Hein. I. 1851, 193. 



[B 418, C 222, R 274, C 332.] 



HAB. Western North America, from the Plains to the. Pacific, and 

 from the Saskatchewan region south to the highlands of Mexico. 



GENUS QUISCALUS VIEILLOT. 



SUBGENUS QUISCALUS. 

 Quiscalus VIEILL. Anal. 1816, 36. Type, Gracula quiscula LINN. 



511. Quiscalus quiscula (LINN.). 



Purple Grackle. 



Gracula quiscula LINN. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 109. 

 Quiscalus quiscula JORDAN, Man. Vert. ed. 4, 1884, 93. 



[B 421, C 225, R 278, C 335.] 

 HAB. Atlantic States, from Florida to Long Island. 



511 a. Quiscalus quiscula aglaeus (BAIRD). 



Florida Grackle. 



Quiscalus aglceus BAIRD, Am. Jour. Sci. & Arts, 1866, 84. 

 Quiscalus quiscula aglceus STEJN. Auk, II. Jan. 1885, 43, foot-note. 



[6422, C , R 278 <z, 336.] 

 HAB. Florida. 



