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QüERULA. — QUISCALUS. 
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inornata Gosse, Birds Jamaica. = Anas discors Lin. 
ipecuturi Gray, Genera Birds III. Gl 6. = Anas brasiliensis Gmel. 
javana Gray, Genera Birds III. GIG. = Anas falcata Paix. 
larvata Bonaparte. = Anas assimilis Forst. 
ludoviciana Brisson, Ornith. VI. 4G1. = Anas albeola Lin. 
maculirostris Gay, Fauna cliilens. 453. = Anas versicolor Yieill. 
madagascariensis Grandidier, Revue Mag. Zool, 1867. 87. — Anas hotten- 
totta Sciileg. 
mexicana Brisson, Ornith. VI. 458. = Anas crecca Lin. 
minor Brisson, Ornith. VI. 43G. = Anas crecca Lin. 
multicolor Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. = Anas falcata Pall. 
oxyptera v. Tsciiudi, Fauna peruan. 309. = Anas ßavirostris Yieill. 
puna V. Tsciiudi, Fauna peruan. 309. = Anas jiuna Lichtst. 
scapiilaris Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 883. ~ Anas querquedula Lin. 
sinensis Brisson, Ornith. VI. 483. Anas galericulata Lin. 
subcrecca Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 885. = Anas crecca Lin. 
versicolor Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G0. 389. = Anas versicolor Vieill. 
Virginia Brisson, Ornith. VI. 435. — Anas discors Lin. 
aUERULA (Arnpelidae) Vieillot, Analyse 1816. 37. — Gray, Genera Birds 
1847. I. 239. — Ampelis Lin., Threnoedus Glog. 
Synon.: Threnodns Glog. — Haeraatoderus Bonap. 
Bill rather long, very broad at the base and slightly depressed, with the 
culmen slightly curved and the sides compressed to the emarginated tip; the gonys 
long and ascending; the nostrils basal, oval and covered by the projecting phimes 
and short bristles. Wings very long and rounded, with the third and fourth 
quills equal and longest. Tail long, broad and rounded. Tarsi as long as the 
middle toe and covered in front with transverse scales. Toes short, the outer 
toe longer than the inner one and slightly united at its base; the hind toe long 
and strong; the claws long, compressed, much curved and acute. 
cineracea d'Orbigny, Synops. Av. 39. = Ampelis cineracea Vieill. 
cinerea d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. mérid. 296. = Ampelis cineracea Vieill. 
cruenta Gray, Genera Birds I. 239. = Threnoedus cruentus Cab. 
fuscocinerea de Lafresnaye^ Revue Zool. 1843. 291. = Ampelis fuscocinerea. 
militaris Gray, Genera Birds I. 239. = Threnoedus militaris Cab. 
minor Lesson, Traité Ornith. 363. = Hadrostomus minor Cab. 
purpurea Lesson, Traité Ornith. 362. ^ Threnoedus militaris Cab. 
rubra Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 768.' = Threnoedus militaris Cab. 
rubricollis Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 768. = Threnoedus cruentus Cab. 
sibilatrix Hartlaub, Verz. Mus. Bremen 47. = Ampelis hypopyrrha Vieill. 
QUISCALUS (Icteridae). — Vieillot, Analyse 1816. 36. — Gray, Genera 
Birds 1845. II. 340. — Baird, Birds N America 553. — Cassin, Proc. acad. 
Philadelphia 1866. 403. 
Sijnon.: Chalcophaiies Wagl. — Scaphidurus Swains, — Scaphidura Glog. — Hypo- 
pyrrhus Bonap. — Holoquiscahis , Megaqniscalns Cass. — Quiscala Lichtst. — Qviiscuhis Vig. 
Bill as long as the head, the culmen sligthly curved^ the gonys almost straight; 
the edges of the bill injlected and rounded; the commissure quite strongly sinuated. 
Outlines of tarsal scutellae well defined on the sides; wings shorter than the tail, 
sometimes much more so; tail long, the feathers conspicuously and decidedly gra- 
duated. Colors black. — 20 Specc. 
aeneus Ridgway, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1869. 134. = Ojaiscalus purpureus 
Gray. 
aequatorialis Sclater, Catal. Birds America 140. = Scolecophagus aequa- 
torialis Cass. 
aglaeus Baird, Kilim. amer. Journ. 1866. 84. — Cassin, Proc. acad. Phila- 
V delphia 1866. 404. — Ridgway, ibid. 1869. 135. [Florida. Bahamas. 
Wj^ Quiscalus baritus Baird, Birds N America 556. Tb. 32. 
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