GREAT GROW-BLACKBIRD.
? QUISCJ1LUS MAJOR.
f r Rlate IV, Fig.fif| Malej 2, Female.
Quiscalus major, Vieill. Woto. Diet. d’MäßlWM V W ITT: p 487. i
Gracula quiscala, Ohn, Journ. Acad. Nat-.Sc.. Philad. I, p.;2S3.-?‘ :
Gracula barita, W ilson, Ann.: Om. Tfa Index p.'viu.
Gracula quisqala, the Purple^Jackdaw ojfme sea coast, ’Baktram, Travels, ps ; §j$REL
Gorvus mexicanus? Gmel. Syst:I'/p. TuA^k.-Ind. p. le^'Spl 36, Male.
Corms zanoe? Gmel. 37||Sp:-44. L ath. Ind. p l jü , SjjvW, Female. ’
Pica mexicana major ? Av. ily p riff| Male. 1
Pica mexicana minor % Brass* Av. II, p. 44, Spv 5y Female.
L’Hodzana? Bufh; Qisi III, p|; 10$; Mgle.., >
Le Zorne Ois. I ll, p. W)6\lW.deife'J ).
Mexican Crow? L im . Syn., I, p.„8$6gS{&34&Male.
Lesser mexicah Crow? L ath. Syn. I, p ^ 9 7 , ^ ^ » a l k
Hocitzanatl, sm magnus Sturhiis? Hehnand. Hist. AnjMro. Hisp. ffk l, Male.
Tzanahod? HernAnS.s Hist. Atn.jNmfeHisp. p. 2^-Semafe.
Hoitzanatl? Ray, Syn. p i ‘l%%Male:. U
Tzanahoei, sm Pica, mexicana Hemandezii? Rat^ / S ^ ^«.^p|-162, Female.
*’ No part of natural history T ^ ib e e n .morej .confused than that
relating tovNorth aniSouth American terdsi of black ,plumage; which
is by no means surprising, when we;rfcoillct that the$. are* chiefly
destitute of coloured markings, and that£ greater number of
adm^ted 'specie%are founded on the short and inexact descriptions
t^feellers, who have neglected ^ , (ob|Crye. theirjfoyms, habits, and
cha^cters. But little aid has-Been,deriyed from the,wretched plates
hitherto given, for they seem better suited to, increase the confusiQn
than ^exemplify the. descriptions to which they are annexed,1 and