BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 227 



[Quucalus] gundlachU Geay, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 6527. 



Quisccdus gundlachi Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 159 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xi, 1886, 398 (San Cristobal, Cuba).— Cory, Auk, vi, 1888, 31 (Cayman Brae)' 

 Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, iii, 129, 147 (Cuba; Little Cayman; Cayman 

 Brae) .—Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 306 (Cuba; habits; notes). 



[Quiscalus'] gundlachi Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 14. 



Chalcophanes gundlachU Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1874 135. 



[Quiscalus baritus'] var. gundlachi Baied, Brewer, and Ridqway Hist N Am 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 213. 



Holoquiscalus gundlachU Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ae. ScL, iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 



HOLOQUISCALUS JAMAICENSIS (Daudin). 

 JAMAICAN GRACKLE. 



Similar in coloration to II. gundlachU, but smaller and with the 

 bill shorter and relatively much thicker. 



Adult male.—L&ngth. (skins), 279.4-294.6 (286.3); wing, 147.3-152.4 

 (149.4); tail, 124.5-129 (126.7); culmen, from base, 33-35.6 (34); 

 depth of bill at base, 12.7-14.2 (13.2); tarsus, 39.4r-41.4 (39.6); middle 

 toe, 25.9-28.5 (26.9).^ 



Admit female.— Length, (skins), 226.1-274.3 (240.6); wing, 127.5-130 

 (128.8); tail, 103.9-113.8 (109.7); culmen, from base, 28.2-30.7 (29.2); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.9-12.2 (11.4); tarsus, 32-36.1 (34.8); middle 

 toe, 20.1-24.6 (23.4).' 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. 



(?) iOracuW] fiarito Linn^ds, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 109 ("Ameriea"; no refer- 

 ences); ed. 12, i, 1766, 165 (cites icferas ni^cr- Brisson, Av.,ii, p. 103, pi. 10, 

 fig. 1; Monedula iota nigra Sloajie, Jam. ii, 299, pi. 257, fig. 2). — Gmelin, Syst. 

 Nat, i, 1788, 396.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 191.— Waglee, Syst. Av., 

 1827, Graeula, sp. 4. 



Quiscalus baritus YisiLLOT, Nom. Diet, d' Hist. Nat., xxviii, 1819, 487. — Cassin, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1866, 405 (monogr.). 



[Quiscalus] hariius Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 425 (Antilles). — Gray, Hand- 

 list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 



[Quiscalus baritus] var. baritus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 

 ii, 1874, 213. 



Stumus jamaicensis Daudin, Traits d' Orn., ii, 1800, 317 (based on Merops niger, 

 iride subargeniea, Brown, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 476) . 



SoloquAscalus jamaicensis Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 



Quiscalus crassirostris Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 355 (Jamaica; coll. W. 

 Hooker).— GossE, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 217; Illustr. Birds Jam., 1849, pi. 53.— 

 Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 359; Ibis, 1884, 159 (monogr.); Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 398 (Metcalfe Parish and Spanishtown, Jamaica). — 

 Albrecht, Journ. fur Orn., 1862, 197. — March, Proc. Ae. Nat. Sei. Phila., 

 1863, 298.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 225 (synonymy and deser.) ; Birds W. I., 

 1889, 111 (do.) ; Oat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 130.— Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 

 179 (notes, etc.).— Field, Auk, xi, 1894, 126. 



[Quiscalus] crassirostris Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 425 (Jamaica). — Sclater 

 and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 38.— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 14. 



' Four specimens. 



