254 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



511 b. Quiscalus quiscula aeneus (Ridgw.). 



Bronzed Grackle. 



Quiscalus aneus Ridgw. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. June, 1869, 134- 

 Quiscalus quiscula ccncus Stejn. Auk, II. Jan. 1S85, 43, foot-note. 



[B— , C225^, R278^,C337.] 



Hab. From the AUeghanies and New England north and west to 

 Hudson's Bay and the Rocky Mountains. 



Subgenus MEGAQUISCALUS Cassin. 



Afegaquiscalus Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866, 409. Type, Quis- 

 calus major Vieill. 



512. Quiscalus macroums Swains. 



Great-tailed Grackle. 



Quiscalus macrourus S wains. Anim. in Menag. 1838, 299. 

 [B419, C 223, R 275, C 333.] 

 Hab. Eastern Texas, south to Central America. 



513. Quiscalus major Vieill. 



Boat-tailed Grackle. 



Quiscalus viajor\\E.\\A.. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXVIII. 1819,487. 



[B 420, C ?.2\, R 277, C 334.] 



Hab. Coast region q'\ t.ie South Atlantic and Gulf States, from 

 North Carolina to Texas. 



Famuy FRINGILLID.<E. Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES Brisson. 



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

 thraustes Linn. 



Subgenus HESFERIFHONA Bonaparte. 



Hesperiphona Bonap. Compt. Rend. XXXI. Sept. 185c, 424. Type, 

 Fringilla vespertina Cooper. 



