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Genus MEGAQUISCALUS, Cassin. 



Megaquiscalus major ( Vieill.}. 



Quiscalus major, Baird, Brewer fy Ridyiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 222 

 (1874); Scl Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 395 (1886); Bendire, Life- 

 Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 506, pi. vii, h'gs. 30, 31 (1895) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 103 (1899). 



Megaquiscalus major, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 508 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml p. 347 (1910). 



Megaquiscalus major major, Ridyw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. ii. 

 p. 236 (1902). 



The eggs of the Boat-tailed Grackle are of an ordinary oval 

 shape and fairly glossy. They are of a pinkish stone-colour, marked 

 Avith some blotches and numerous long straggling lines of black or 

 deep purplish-brown. Some of these markings are blurred at the 

 edge and run into the surrounding ground-colour. A few examples 

 exhibit traces of underlying lavender spots. Eggs measure from. 

 I'l to 1'3 in length, and from -82 to *9 in breadth. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Salvin-Codman Coll. 

 Salvin-Codman Coll. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University. N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



2. North America (J. G. Bell: Tris- 



tram Coll.}. 

 4. North America. 



f>. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. 

 2. North America (Smiths. Inst.). 

 2. North America ( W. E. D. Scott). 



3. Hog- Island, Virginia, 22nd May 

 (W.E.D.S.). 



2. Newport, N. Carolina, 3rd June 



( G. J. Burrows). 



3. Clear Water Harbour, Florida, 



15th May (W. E. D. S.). 



2. Clear Water Harbour, 15th May 



(J. H. Devereux). 



3. Clear Water Harbour, loth May 



(J. H. D.). 

 2. Clear Water Harbour, loth May 



(J. H. D.). 

 1. Texas (H. E. Dresser). 



4. Brownsville, Texas, 5th June. 



Princeton 



[E.]. 

 Princeton 



IE.]. 

 Princeton 



[E.]. 

 Princeton 



[E.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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University, N.J. 



University, N.J. 



University, N.J. 



University, N.J. 



Megaquiscalus macrurus (Swains.}. 



Quiscalus macrurus, Scl. fy Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 20; Merrill, Pr. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. i. p. 135 (1879); Setinett, Bull, U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv 

 Terr. v. p. 400 (1879) ; Scl Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 396 (1886) ; 

 Salv. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amcr., Ares, i. p. 482 (1887) ; Bendire, 

 Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 504, pi. vii. tigs. 28, 29 (1895) 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 103 (1899). 



Quiscalus major, apud Salvm, Ibis, 1866, p. 194. 



Quiscalus major, var. macrurus, Baird lirewerSf Ridmr. X. Amer Birds 

 ii. p. 225(1874). 



