BIEDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEKIOA. 221 



Qluiscalus'] purpureus Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., ix, 1877, 62 (Union Co., Illinois). 

 —Boies, Cat. Birds S. Mich., 1875, no. 94. 



Quucalus ajrieiis RiDGW AY, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci.Phila., xxi, June, 1869, 134 (Mount 

 Carmel, Wabash Co., s. e. Illinois; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Beewek, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1875, 442 (New England).— Jon y, Field and Forest, ii, 

 1877, 156 (District Columbia, casual).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 

 1892, 3 (descr.; geog. range; crit.).— Brimley, Auk, xi, 1894, 333 (Ealeigh, 

 North Carolina, 2 specs., Nov. 14). 



[Quiscalm purpurem] var. aenem Baird, Brewer, and Kidgway Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 203. 



[Quiscahis purpurew.} Var. ameus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 218. 



[Quiscalm purpureus] b. lenevs Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 203, in synonymy. 



Quisccdus purpureus, var. xneus Eidgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 1873, 170, 

 in text (Fort Bridger, Wyoming), 184, 192 (Colorado). 



Qluiscalus] purpurem, var. xneus Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 112 (n. e. 

 Illinois, summer res. ) . 



Quiscalus purpureus . . . var. .Tncus Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 

 1873 (1874), 65 (Denver, Colorado, May 14). Brewster, Ann. Lye. N. Y., 

 xi, 1875, 142 (Ritchie Co., West Virginia, breeding). 



Quiscalus purpureus . . . var. aeneus Henshaw, Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 

 1875, 324 (Denver). 



Quiscalus purpureus leneus Coues, Bull. IT. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 

 1878, 606 (Pembina, North Dakota, to Rocky Mts.); Check List., 2d ed., 

 1882, no. 336.— Roberts and Benner, Bull. Nutt. Ojn. Club, v, Jan. 1880, 

 15 (Grant and Traverse counties, Minnesota, breeding). — Ridgway, Nom. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 2786.— Langdon, Journ., Cine. Soc. N. H., 1880, 

 125 (Brookville, Indiana, Dec, Jan., Feb.). — Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vi, 1881, 181 (carnivorous habits). — Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vii, 1882, 149 (upper St. Johns R., Maine and New Brunswick, breed- 

 ing). — Nehkling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 167 (Houston, Texas, 

 breeding abundantly). — Chamberlain, Bull. no. 1, Nat. Hist. Soc. New 

 Bruns., 1882, 42 (New Brunswick, summer resident). 



Qluiscalus] plurpureus] smeus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 413. 



Qluiscalus] versicolor, var. leneus Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, Jan., 1874, 375 

 (Illinois) . 



Quiscalus versicolor xaeus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Sept. 4, 1880, 218. — 

 Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 154. 



Quhcalus quiscula leneus Stejneger, Auk, ii, Jan., 1885, 43, footnote. — American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 5116. — Fox, Auk, iii, 1886, 

 319 (Roane Co., e. Tennessee).— Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 291 (Tom Green 

 and Concho counties, Texas, not breeding). — Beckham, Auk, iv, 1887, 302 

 (Bayou Sara, Louisiana, Apr.); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 672 (San 

 Antonio and Beeville, Texas, winter). — Loomis, Auk; v, 1888, 113 (Chester 

 Co. , South Carolina, 2 specimens,'Nov. ) ; viii, 1891, 167 (do. , Nov. 1 to Feb.) .— 

 Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 174 (wintering regularly n. to s. Illinois, 

 occasionally to Minnesota; dates, etc.). — Ridgway, Orn. Illinois, i, 1889, 

 326.— Clarke, Auk, vii, 1890, 322 (Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay).— Palmer 

 (W.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 263 (St. Johns, Newfoundland).— 

 Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1891, 582 (Manitoba; habits).— 

 Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 238 (San Antonio, Texas, breeding).— Rhoads, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 109 (San Antonio, breeding).- Nutting, 

 Bull. Lab. N. H. Univ. Iowa, ii, 1893, 274 (Grand Rapids and Chemawawin, 



