OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 2^() 



least for the present, to suspect they are distinct : the latter may 

 possibly be the female of L. versicolor*, but there does not 

 appear sufficient evidence of this fact. 



57. Qu ISC ALUS luguhris. 



Plumage black, obscurely glossed with purple. Wings 

 4I- inches long. 



Inhabits Brazil, {fig. 50. c) 



Total length 9^ inches; bill, gape 1^; wings 4^; tail, 

 base 4; tarsus 1^; middle toe 1^; hinder 1. There is 

 a very obscure greenish tinge on the wings and tail. 



58. QuiscALus tenuirostris. 

 Total length 15 inches: bill 1 J inch long, very 



-^ 51 



slender ; the commissure not sinuated. Plumage black, 

 slightly glossed with violet. Claws slender, but slightly 

 curved, {fig. 51. b, c) 



Inhabits the marshes adjoining Mexico. Mus. Nost. 



Total length 151 inches ; bill, from the gape If^^; front 1-^; 

 wings 6;^ ; tail, beyond, 5 ; base 7f ; tarsus 1-^jj; hind toe and 

 claw 1^3^; middle ditto 1^: second and third quills nearly 

 equal, and longest ; the first shorter than the fourth ; lateral 

 toes equal. 



59. QuiscALus macrourus. 

 Total length near 20 inches : biU 2 inches long. 

 Plumage black, glossed with blue on the body, and with 

 obscure greenish on the wings and tail. Claws slender, 

 but fully curved, {fig. 51. a) 



* The prince of Musignano says that the bill of the female " measures 

 nearly an inch and a half long ; " whereas this is little more than an inch. 



