254 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



511 . Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (RIDGW.). 



Bronzed Grackle. 



Quiscalus ceneus RIDGW. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1869, J 34- 

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



[B , C 225 ^,R 278^, 337.] 



HAB. From the Alleghanies and New England north and west to 

 Hudson's Bay and the Rocky Mountains. 



SUBGENUS MEGAQUISCALUS CASSIN. 



Megaquiscalus CASS. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, 409. Type, Quis- 

 calus major VIEILL. 



512. Quiscalus macrourus SWAINS. 



Great-tailed Grackle. 



Quiscalus macrourus SWAINS. Anim. in Menag. 1838, 299. 



[B 419, C 223, R 275, C 333.] 

 HAB. Eastern Texas, south to Central America. 



513. Quiscalus major VIEILL. 



Boat-tailed Grackle. 



Quiscalus major VIEILL. N. Diet d'Hist. Nat. XXVIII. 1819, 487. 

 [B 420, C 224, R 277, C 334.] * 



HAB. Coast region of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, from 

 North Carolina to Texas. 



FAMILY FRINGILLID^E. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



GENUS COCCOTHRATJSTES, BRISSON. 



Coccothraustes BRISS. Orn. III. 1760, 218. Type, Loxia cocco- 

 thraustes LINN. 



SUBGENUS HESPERIPHONA BONAPARTE. 



Hesperiphona BONAP. Compt. Rend. XXXI. Sept. 1850, 424. Type, 

 Fringilla vesper Una COOPER. 



