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Q [uiscalus} crassirostris Newton (A. and E. ), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 103. 

 (?) Sclaphidurus'] crassirostris Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 426 (Jamaica?). 

 (?) "Quiscalus vulgaris T-WMmcs., Tabl. M^th., 1838, 10." 



HOLOQUISCALUS NIGER (Boddaert). 



TTATTTATT CRACKLE. 



Similar to H. gundlachii, but smaller and with the violet gloss to 

 the plumage much less pronounced, the gloss on greater wing-coverts 

 and secondaries dull violet-bluish instead of green. 



Adult male.^ljQngih{sk.m&), 248.9-281.9 (268.2); wing, 122.4-137.9 

 (132.1); tail, 106.7-125 (116.8); culmen, from base, 34-35.1 (34.5); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.7-11.7 (10.9); tarsus, 35.1-37.6 (36.1); middle 

 toe, 23.4-27.2 (25.9).^ 



Adult female.~hQngt\i (skin), 241.3; wing, 118.6; tail, 102.9; cul- 

 men, from base, 27.4; tarsus, 32.5; middle toe, 24.1.^ 



Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. 



Oriolusniger Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl., 1783, 31 (based on Troupiale noir, de St. 



Domingue, Daubenton, Pi. Enl., pi. 534). — Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 185. 

 Icterus niger Temminok, Cat. Syst., 1807, 48. 

 A^gdaivs} niger Vieillot, Enc. M6th., ii, 1823, 718. 

 Quiscalus niger Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 407 (monogr. ; Jeremie, 



Haiti).— Solater, Ibis, 1884, 159 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 



398.— Cory, Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 73, pi. 22, fig. 1; Auk, iii, 1886, 



226; Birds W. I., 1889, 113; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 131.— Cherrie, 



Contr. Orn. St. Domingo, 1896, 17. 

 [Quiscaliis'] niger Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 6529. — Cory, List Birds 



W. I., 1885, 14. 

 IQuiscalus baritusl var. niger Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 



ii, 1874, 213. 

 Holoquiscalus niger Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 

 Quiscaius ater "Baird" Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1866, 94 (Santo 



Domingo).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 153 (Haiti).— Tristram, 



Ibis, 1884, 168 (Santo Domingo). 



HOLOQUISCALUS BRACHYPTERUS (Cassin). 

 FORTO RICAN CRACKLE. 



Similar in coloration to H. niger, but averaging slightly larger and 

 with the bill shorter and more strongly decurved terminally and 

 much more compressed; iris bright yellow.'' 



Adult ma^e.— Length (skins), 261.6-299.7 (272.8); wing, 130-134.6 

 (132.3); tail, 114.6-120.4 (117.6); culmen, from base, 33-33.5 (33.3); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.2-11.7 (10.9); tarsus, 35.8-37.8 (36.8); middle 

 toe, 25.7-27.7 (26.4).^ 



Adult female.— Ijength (skins), 233.5-259.1 (242.8); wing, 108.7-116.3 

 (112.5); tail, 92.7-102.1 (97); culmen, from base, 28.5-31.8 (30.2); 



'Five specimens. ^One specimen. '0. W. Richmond, manuscript. 



