ORDER PASSERES. 249 



497. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (BONAP.). 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Icterus xanthocephalus BONAP. Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. V. 1826, 



223. 

 Xanthocephahis xanthocephalus JORDAN, Man. Vert. ed. 4, 1884, 92. 



[B 404, C 213, R 260, C 319.] 



HAB. Western North America, from Wisconsin, Illinois, and Texa,s 

 to the Pacific coast. Accidental in the Atlantic States (Massachu- 

 setts, South Carolina, Florida). 



GENUS AG-ELAIUS VIEILLOT. 

 Agelaius VIEILL. Analyse, 1816, 33. Type, Qriolus phoeniceus LINN. 



498. Agelaius phoeniceus (LINN.). 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



Oriolus phceniceus LINN. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 161. 

 Agelaius phceniceus S WAINS. F. B. A. II. 1831, 280. 



[B 401, C 212, R 261, C 316.] 



HAB. North America in general, from Great Slave Lake south to 

 Costa Rica. 



499. Agelaius gubernator (WAGL.). 



Bicolored Blackbird. 



Psarocolius gubernator WAGL. Isis, IV. 1832, 281. 

 Agelaius gubernator BONAP. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 29. 



[B 402, C 212 #, R 261 a, C 317.] 



HAB. Pacific Province of the United States, south into Western 

 Mexico. 



500. Agelaius tricolor (Nuir.). 



Tricolored Blackbird. 



Icterus tricolor " NUTT." AUD. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, pi. 388, fig. I. 

 Agelaius tricolor BONAP. Geog. &-Comp. List, 1838, 29. 



[6403, C 212 , R 262, C 318.] 



