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AGELAIN^. QUISCALUS. 
220. 1. Quisealus major, Vieill. Great Crow-Blackbird, 
— Boat-tailed Grakle. 
Plate CL XXXVII. Male and Female. 
Tail very long, graduated, with the feathers slightly concave above, 
Male with the plumage silky, splendent, the head and neck deep 
purplish-blue, the back, breast, and sides deep blue, passing into green 
behind, the rump bronzed black; the wings and tail black, glossed 
with green, the abdomen, lower tail-coverts, and tibial feathers, plain 
black. Female much smaller, with the tail shorter, the plumage un- 
giossed beneath, and but slightly glossy above, the upper parts 
dusky, with slight tints of green and blue ; the head and neck dull 
brown ; the lower parts light yellowish-brown, the tibial feathers and 
lower tail-coverts dusky. 
Male, 15|, 23|. Female, 12|, 18. 
Abundant from Texas to North Carolina along the coast. Up the 
Mississippi about 200 miles. Constantly resident. 
Quisealus major, Bonap. Syn. p. 54. 
Great Crow Blackbird, Quisealus major, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 35. 
Great Crow Blackbird, Quisealus major, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 192. 
Boat-tailed Grakle or Great Crow Blackbird, Quisealus major, Aud. Orn. Biog. 
T. ii. p. 504 ; v. v. p. 480. 
221. 2. Quisealus versicolor, Vieill. Common or Purple 
Crow-Blackbird. — Purple Grakle. 
Plate VII. Male and Female. 
Tail long, much rounded, with the feathers flat. Male with the 
plumage silky and splendent, the head, neck, and anterior part of 
the breast blackish, with vivid reflections of violet, steel-blue, and 
green ; general colour of the body dusky, glossed with purple, green, 
and blue, these colours arranged in three terminal zones, on each 
feather ; rump violet-purple ; wings a,nd tail black, glossed with green 
and blue. Female considerably smaller, with the body more brown, 
the reflections much less brilliant. Young brown. 
Male, 13, 19. Female, 11, 16. 
Breeds from Texas to tlie Fur Countries. Resident in the Southern 
States. Extremely abundant. 
Purple Grakle, Gracula quiscala, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 44. 
Purple Grakle, Gracula quiscala, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 42. 
Gracula quiscala, Bonap. Syn. p. 54. 
Common Crow Blackbird, Quisealus versicolor, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 194 ; v. v. 
p. 481. 
Quisealus versicolor. Common Purple Boat-tail, Swains. 8e Rich. F. Bor. Amer. 
V. ii. XJ. 485. 
Purple Grakle or Common Crow Blackbird, Quisealus versicolor, Aud. Orn. Biog. 
V. i. XI. 35 ; V. v. p. 481. 
222. 3. Quisealus ferrugineus, Lath. Rusty Crow-Black- 
bird. — Rusty Grakle. 
Plate CXLVII. Male, Female, and Young. 
