BIRDS OF NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 217 



Qlwkcalm] purpuratus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 424. 



Quisccdus purpureus (not of Woodhouse, 1853) Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1866, 403, part (ex Qracula purpurea Bartram, Trav. Florida, 1791, 290,= 

 nomen nudum). — Ridgway, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, 133 (crit); 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 183, 278; Nona. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 278.— 

 CouEs, Check List, 1873, no. 225, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 335; Birds N. W. 

 1874, 203,, part (in synonymy).— Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 214, part, pi. 37, fig. 1.— Merriam, Trans. Conn. Acad., 

 iv, 1877, 46 (Connecticut, summer resid.). — Maynard, Birds E. N. Am., 

 1881, 148 part.- Warren, Rep. Penn. Board Agric. for 1883, 214-217 (habits, 

 food, etc.). 



{(luiscaim'] purpureas Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 160, part. 



Q,\uiscalus\ purpureus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 413. 



[Qaiscalus purpureus] var. purpureus Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridg- 

 way' s Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 213. 



[Quiscalv^ purpureus.] Var. purpureus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N- 

 Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 215. 



IQuiscalus purpureus] a. purpureus Coues, Birds, N. W., 1874, 203 (synonymy). 



(?) Quiscalus purpureus var. agleeus (not Qaiscalus aglims, Baird?) Brown, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 10 (Coosada, Alabama, resident) . 



QluiscaMis] versicolor iypicus Sclater, Oat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 394, in 

 text. 



[Quiscalus versicolor] a. Subsp. typica Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 

 395, in list of specimens (Pennsylvania; Maryland; Virginia). 



QUISCALUS QUISCULA AGL.ffi;US (Baird). 

 FLORIDA GRAGELE, 



Similar to Q. q. quisaila, but decidedly smaller (except bill and feet), 

 and coloration far less variable; adult male with, color of head, neck, 

 and chest varying from dark purplish bronze to violet (the head usually 

 more bluish); back, scapulars, and sides of breast dark olive-green or 

 dull bottle green, often nearly uniform, but always with at least con- 

 cealed bars of other metallic hues; rump varying from purplish bronze 

 to violet, usually more or less spotted with steel blue, bronze, etc. ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts dark violet, sometimes mixed with dark 

 blue; prevailing color of wings varying from violet-purple to steel blue 

 (the color most pronounced on greater coverts and secondaries), the 

 middle and lesser coverts more or less barred with various metallic 

 hues (as in Q. q. qmsaula). 



Acklt male.— Length (skins), 276.9-297.2 (286.2); wing, 129-135.9 

 (133.1); tail, 116.1-128.5 (121.2); culmen, from base, 31-35.1 (33.3); 

 depth of bill at base, 11.7-13.2 (13); tarsus, 35.6-37.3 (36.6); middle 

 toe, 24.4r-26.7 (25.4).' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 233. 7-261. 6 (250. 2) ; wing, 116.6-124. 5 

 (119.1); tail,' 100.8-111 (106.2); culmen, from base, 29.2-31.2 (30.2); 



' Ten specimens. 



