Quiscalus major
            
                (m L 16.5" WS 23" Wt 8 oz)
            
               (f L 14.5" WS 17.5" Wt 4.2 oz)
          
         
            
               Merritt Island NWR
            
               01Feb2014
          
         
            
               On the Florida Gulf Coast
               have a brown eye.
          
         
            
               Quiscalus in Latin means what
 kind
               (perhaps was a local name for
a
               bird or perhaps means quail);
               major in Latin means greater.
          
         
         
         
            
               © Mike
               Andersen
            
               Macaulay
               Library