BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 229 



depth of bill at base, 9.9-lO.J: (10.2); tarsus, 33-33.8 (33.3); middle 

 toe, 23.9-24.9 (MA).' 

 Island of Porto Rico, Greater Antilles. 



Quisccdus baritus (not Oraculabarita Linnasna) Tayloe, Ibis, 1864, 168, part (Porto 



Eico). 

 Quiscalus crassirostris{not of Swainson) Beyant, Proc. Best. Sec. N. H., x, 1866, 



188, 254 (Porto Bico).— Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1866, 188 (Porto Rico).— 



SuNDEVALL, Ofv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 598 (Porto Eico). 

 Quiscalus brachypterus Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xviii, Dec, 1866, 406 



(Porto Rico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. )— Sclatbk, Ibis, 1884, 160 (monogr.); Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 399.— Coey, Auk, iii, 1886, 224 (synonymy and 



descr.); Birds W. I., 1889, 111 (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 132. 

 [Quiscalus^ brachypterus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 38, no. 6528.— Solatee and 



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

 {Quiscalus baritus] var. brachypterus Baied, Beewer, and Eidgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 213. 

 Chalcophanes brachypterus Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 312; 1878, 177; Anal. 



Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 213. 

 Holoquiscalus brachypterus Eidgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Soc, iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 

 Chalcophanes lugubris (not Quiscalus lugubris Swainson) Sundevall, Ofv. K. 



Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 598 (Porto Eico). 



HOLOQUISCALUS CAYMANENSIS (Cory). 

 GRAITD CAYMAK aRACELE. 



Similar to Q. gundlackii but smaller, and the gloss violet-blue or 

 blue, instead of violet, on head, neck, body, and smaller wing-coverts, 

 bluish green, instead of blue, on tail-coverts, and more bronzy green 

 on greater wing-coverts and secondaries. 



Adult male. — Length (skin), 10.50; wing, 5.24:; tail, 4.37; culmen, 

 from base, 1.32; depth of bill at base, 0.46; tarsus, 1.41; middle toe, 

 0.95.' 



Island of Grand Cayman, Greater Antilles. 



Quiscalus caymanends Coey, Auk, iii, Oct., 1886, 499, 502 (Grand Cayman I., 

 Greater Antilles; coll. C. B. Cory); v, 1888, 158; Birds W. I., 1889, 291; 

 Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 129, 147.— Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 X, 1887, 574 (Grand Cayman). 



Holoquiscalus caymanensis Eidgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151. 



HOLOQUISCALUS FORTIROSTRIS (Lawrence). 



BARBADOS GRACKLE, 



Smallest species of the genus (wing not more than 109.2). 



Adult male. — Head, neck, and body uniform violaceous-black, but 

 slightly glossy; wings and tail greenish black, the bluish green gloss 

 most perceptible on wings; bill, legs, and feet black; length (skins), 

 222.3; wing, 104.4-109.2 (107.4); tail, 91.7-92.5 (92.2); culmen, from 



^ Five specimens. ^ One specimen. 



