ICTERUS. 469 
Mr. Sennett found it in some numbers at Lomita and Hidalgo on the Texan side of the 
river. He also found some nests, which were composed of dry grasses woven amongst 
the growing twigs and leaves, and were open, rather shallow, half-pensile structures. The 
eggs are white, covered with fine flecks of brown, over which, chiefly at the larger end, 
are irregular stains and splashes of deeper brown, sometimes mixed with lilac; over 
these, again, are dark brown or black hieroglyphics. 
It is a bird often met with in cages, as its powers of song are considerable. In 
Mexico it occurs in the temperate region of the State of Vera Cruz, and it is very 
common in the State of Orizaba, where it also builds. The southern limit of its range 
is the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. We have never met with it in Guatemala. 
B. Caput summum flavum aut aurantiacum. 
c. Serus similes ; ale nigre haud albo limbate, cauda haud albo terminata. 
d’. Cauda nigra. 
10. Icterus giraudi. 
Icterus giraudi, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1847, p. 3331; 1860, p. 1407; 1867, p. 52°; Journ. Ac. Phil. 
ser. 2, i. p. 188, t.17+; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 228°; Ibis, 1873, p.373°; 1883, p. 3667; Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 879°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 20°; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 353"; 1879, 
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p- 509"; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vii. p. 297”; Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 142”; 1870, p. 190"; 
Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 263°; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 330°°; Zeledon, Cat. Av. de Costa Rica, 
p- 9"; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 445 ™. 
Icterus melanopterus, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1849, p. 275, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 58 ®. 
Xanthornus chrysater, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 4847. 
Flavus, aurantio tinctus ; fronte capitis lateribus ab oculis, gula, alis et cauda nigris ; rostro et pedibus plumbeo- 
nigris. Long. tota 8°2, ale 3:8, caude 3-8, rostri a rictu 1:0, tarsi 1-0. (Descr. maris ex Volcan de 
Fuego, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico 1, Santecomapam (Boucard*®), Yucatan (Gauwmer 18); Guatemaa (Skin- 
ner °, Constancia »), Volcan de Fuego’, Duefias’, San Antonio Nacoil, Motagua 
valley, Tactic ’, Coban (0.8. & F.D.G.); Honpuras, Omoa (Leyland°), Ruatan I. 
(Gaumer); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt *); Costa Rica (Zeledon 17); Panama, 
Chitra 4, Boquete de Chitra, Castillo, Santa Fé! (Arcé), Lion-Hill Station 
(M‘Leannan '° 12), Chepo (Arcé"), Truando, Nercua (Wood *).—CoLomBia ! 1116 ; 
VENEZUELA ! 19, 
This Jcterus does not appear to be a common bird in Southern Mexico, and is 
not included in Sumichrast’s list of the birds of the State of Vera Cruz; but Boucard 
found it at Santecomapam °, and we believe that the bird described from Mexico 
by Bonaparte as Xanthornus chrysater refers to the same species; but in Yucatan 
Mr. Gaumer says it is common, and it certainly is so over a large portion of Guatemala, 
where it occurs at various elevations from the sea-level to an altitude of 6000 feet and 
more in the Volcan de Fuego; thence we trace it southwards to Colombia and 
