232 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Quiscalus inflexirosiris (not of Swaingoii) Lawrence, Proo. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 

 355, 487 (Martinique; habits; orit. ). — Sclater, Proo. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, 

 175, part (Martinique); Ibis, 1884, 160, part (Martinique); Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xi, 1886, 401, part (Martinique).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 224, part 

 (Martinique); iv, 1887, 96 (Martinique); Birds W. I., 1889, 111, part (do.); 

 Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 146, part (Martinique). 



[Quiscalus] inflexirosiris Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 38, part 

 (Martinique).— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 14, part. 



Holoqmscalus martinicensis Ridgway, Proc. AVash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 151 

 (Martinique; coll. U. S, Nat. Mus.'). 



HOLOQUISCALUS GUADELOUPENSIS (Lawrence). 

 eUADELOUFi: CRACKLE. 



Similar to II. martinicensis, but wing averaging slightly longer. 

 Adult male.—Length (skins), 238.8-261.6 (260.2); wing, 119.9-124.5 

 (121.9); tail, 93.7-102.1 (97.5); culmen, from base, 28.5-31.2 (30.2); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.4-10.9 (10.7); tarsus, 34^35.3 (34.8); middle 

 toe, 25.4-26.2 (25.7).' 



Adult female.— l^ength (skins), 199.7-241.3 (221.7); wing, 104.4- 

 109.2 (106.7); tail, 81.5-88.9 (85.9); culmen, from base, 25.9-27.9 

 (26.9); depth of bill at base, 9.9-10.7 (10.2); tarsus, 31-33 (31.8); mid- 

 dle toe, 22.6-24.1 (22.9).' 

 Island of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles; island of Marie Galante ? ' 

 Quiscalus guadeloupensis Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, Apr. 22, 1879, 457; 

 (Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 

 160 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 401.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 

 226 (synonymyanddescr.); viii, 1891,49 (Guadeloupe); Birds W. I., 1889,113 

 (do.); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 111, 147 (Guadeloupe; Marie Galante?). 

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

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



HOLOQUISCALUS LUMINOSUS (Lawrence). 

 GRENADA GRACELE. 



Adidt male. — Similar to that of H. inflexirostris, II. martinicensis, 

 and H. guadeloupensis, but the violet gloss to plumage of the head, 

 neck, and body rather brighter and the bill much more slender; length 

 (skins), 246.4-274.3 (260.4); wing, 117.6-123.7 (120.7); tail, 103.4-104.1 

 (103.6); culmen, from base, 35.6-35.8; depth of bill at base, 10.7; 

 tarsus, 34.5-36.3 (35.3); middle toe, 23.6-24.9 (24.1).* 



Adult female. — Much darker than that of H. infiexirostris or allies;' 



' Four specimens. 



^Six specimens. 



' N^o specimens from Marie Galante seen by me. 



* Two specimens. 



^ The female of this species is decidedly darker than that of any other of the Weat 

 Indian forms in which the sexes are conspicuously different in color, more resembling 

 that of H. insulxiris of Margarita Island, off the coast of Venezuela. The latter differs 

 in smaller size and still more slender bill. 



