BIEDS ^ICTEEIDAE — QUISCALUS. 



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confined to the head and neck, t9e rest of the body being of a richly lustrous and strongly marked 

 green, more distinct than that on the wings aad iail of ferrugineus. In one specimen only, 

 from Santa Rosalia, Mexico, is there a trace of purple on some of the wing and tail feathers. 



List of specimens. 



Oatal 

 No. 



10296 

 4754 

 5320 

 4753 

 4755 

 4756 

 5663 

 8353 

 8322 

 8255 

 8254 



8212 



8257 

 8704 

 5006 

 5007 

 8712 

 8713 

 5005 

 8705 

 4942 

 8711 

 8709 

 5538 

 8710 

 5539 

 4381 

 4382 

 8706 

 8707 

 8708 



Locality. 



When col- 

 lected. 



Whence obtained. 



Pembina, Minn 



Mouth of Big Nemaha. 

 Fort Kandall, on Mo.. , 

 Upper Missouri 



.do.. 



do 



Platte river 



Fort Laramie, Neb. 

 , do 



.do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do.. 



.do.. 



FortEiley, K. T 



Gaudaloupe bottom,Tex. 

 DeviPs river, Texas .... 



£agle Pass, Texas 



Santa Bosalla, Mexico.. 

 DoBa Ana, N. Mexico.. 

 Los Angeles, Cal ... . 



San Josg, Cal 



San Francisco, Cal. . 



Presidio, Cal 



Fetaluma, Oal 



do. 



do 



FortDalles, O.T.... 



.do.. 



Fort Vancouver, W. T. 



do 



do 



Sept. 20,1857 

 April 23, 1866 

 Oct. 18,1856 



July 22,1856 

 Sept. —,1857 

 Sept. 12,1857 

 do 



.do., 

 .do.. 



Sept. 8,1857 

 do 



April 29, 1855 



Mar. —,1853 

 Nov. 10,1855 



Feb. —,1856 

 May 10,1856 

 May 9,1855 

 Dec. 29.1854 

 Jan. 23,1854 

 Jan. 20,1854 

 do.., 



N. W. University. 

 Lieut. Warren. .. 



.do.. 



do 



do 



do 



Lieut. Bryan . . 

 W. M. Magraw. 



, do 



do 



.do., 

 do.. 



do 



do 



Dr. Hammond.. 



Capt. Pope 



do 



Maj. Emory . ... 

 Lieut. Couch . . . 



Capt. Pope 



Lt. Williamson. 

 A. J. Grayson... 

 Lt. Williamson . 

 Lt. Trowbridge. 



E. Samuels 



do 



do 



Dr. Suckley. ... 



do 



Gov. Stevens... 



do 



do.. 



Orig': 

 No. 



24 

 138 

 157 

 205 



517 

 37 



194 



157 



125 

 173 

 797 

 172 

 148 

 17 

 18 

 18 



Collected by- 



R. Kennicott. . 

 Dr. Hayden... 

 do 



....do 



...•o 



do 



W. S. Wood.. 

 Dr. Cooper... 



do 



....do 



.do., 

 .do^. 



do 



do 



A. Schott. 



Dr. Heermann 



Dr. Heermann. 



Dr. Cooper . 



do 



do 



Length. 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



10.00 

 10.25 

 9.25 

 9.00 



9.25 

 9.15 

 10.50 



10.50 



10.25 

 9.50 



11.00 

 5.66 



9.50 

 9.75 

 9.50 

 9.50 



16.37 

 16.50* 



14.87 

 15.87 



14.50 

 14.50 

 16.75 



16.00 



15.50 



16.25 

 16.06 



15.00 

 12.54 



14.83 

 15.50 

 16.25 

 14.75 

 14.75 



Wing. 



5.25 

 5.37 

 5.25 

 5.25 



5.00 

 5.50 



5.00 



5.50 

 5.50 



5.00 

 4.54 



4.75 



Remarks. 



Iris brown. ., 

 do. 



Iris yellow, bill and feet 



black. 

 do 



Iris yellow . 



Iris hazel 



Iris light yellow. 



QUISCALUS, Vieillot. 



Qitiscato, Vieillot, Analyse, 1816. (Gray.) Type Gracula quiscala, L. 



Ch. — Bill as long as the head, the culmen slightly curved, the gonys almost straight; the edges of the bill inflected and 

 rounded ', the commissure quite strongly sinuated . Outlines of tarsal scutellae well defined on the sides ; wings shorter than 

 the tail, sometimes much more so ; tail long, the feathers conspicuously and decidedly graduated. Colors black. 



The excessive graduation of the long tail, with the perfectly black color^ at once distinguish 

 this genus from any other in the United States. The species are best known by the compara- 

 tive size and length of the tail, as shown in the following table of measurements. 



Jnne 28, 1858. 



70 b 



