MEGA.QTJISCALTJS, 



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Genus MEGAaUISCALUS, Cassin. 



Megaciuiscalus major ( VieilL). 



Quiscahis major, Buird, Brewer (§• Itidgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 223 

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

 Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 506, pi. vii, figs. 80, 31 (1895) ; iVeAr/c. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 103 (1899). 



Megaquiscalus major, Sharpe, Handel, v. p. 508 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 347 (1910). 



Megaquisealus major major, Ridgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. ii. 

 p. 236 (1902). 



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

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

 ■with 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 

 1-1 to 1-3 in length, and from -82 to -9 in breadth. 



4. 



North America {J. G. Bell: Tris- 

 tram Coll.). 

 North America. 



5. North America {Henshaw Coll.). 

 2. North America {Smiths. Inst). 



2. North America ( W. E. B. 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, 



15ih.Wa.y (W. E. D. S.). 



2. Clear Water Harbour, 15th May 



(J. H. Devereux). 



3. Clear Water Harbour, 15th May 



(/. H. JD.). 

 2. Clear Water Harbour, 15th May 



(/. H. D.). 

 1. Texas {H. E. Dresser). 



4. Brownsville, Texas, 5th June. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Salvin-Codman Coll. 

 Salvin-Codman Coll. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



Princeton University, N.J. 



fE.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



IE.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Megaquisealus macrurus {Swains.). 



Quiscalus macrurus, Scl 8f Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 20 ; Merrill, Pr. U. S. 



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



Te)-r V. p. 400 (1879) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 396 (1886) ; 



Salv k Godm. Biol. Centr.-Am^r., Aves, i. p. 482 (1887) ; Bendire, 



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



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

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

 Quiscalus mai or, war. macrurus, Baird, Brewer^ Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 225 (1874). 



