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7. Leistes virescens, (Vieillot.) 



Agelaius virescens, Vieill. Nour. Diet, xxxiv., p. 513, (1819.) 



Icterus anticus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 19, (1823.) 



Leistes tenuirostris, Swains. Cab. Cy. p. 304, (1838.) 



" Oriolus Draco." Label in Massena collection. 

 Resembles the preceding, but is very probably quite distinct, being smaller, 

 and has the bill more slender. In this species the yellow of the abdomen is 

 restricted to a medial space, the sides being dark brownish olive, uniform with 

 the upper parts of the body. Numerous specimens from Brazil in Academy 

 Museum. 



5. Curaeus. 



(Genus Curaeus, Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, p. 139.) 



8. Leistes cdraeds, (Molina.) 



Turdus curaeus, Mol. Sagg. Hist. Nat. Chili, 1782. (2d ed. p. 211, 1810.) 

 Sturnus aterrimus, Kittl. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 1834, p. 467. 

 Leistes niger, Swains. Cab. Cy. p. 304, (1838.) 

 Agelaius pustulatus, Swains. Cab. Cy. p. 303 ? 

 Gillis U. S. Exp. to Chili, Birds pi. 15. Kittl. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 

 Voeg. pi. 2. 



Specimens from Chili in the Academy Museum, and two specimens in the 

 Massena collection labelled " St. Dominique," which if intended for the Island 

 of St. Domingo or Hayti, is very probably erroneous. A large black species, 

 with the feathers of the head rigid and pointed, well known as a bird of Chili 

 and other countries of western South America. Resembles, especially in the 

 pointed feathers of the head, Agelaius chopi, but is much larger. Sturnus 

 aterrimus, Kittlitz, seems to be the young of this species. 



III. Genus DOLICHONYX, Swainson. 

 (Genus Dolichonyx, Swains. Zool. Jour, iii., p. 351.) 



1. Dolichonyx. 



1. Dolichonyx oryzivora, (Linnaeus.) 



Emberiza oryzivora, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 31 1. (1766.) 

 Icterus agripennis, Bonap. Comp. List, p. 24, (1827.) 

 Psarocolius caudacutus, Wagl. Syst. Av. p. (not paged, 1827.) 

 Catesby Carolina, pi. 14. Edwards' Birds, pi. 291. Wils. Am. Orn. ii. pi. 

 12. Aud. B. of Am., pi. 54, Oct, ed. iv. pi. 211. 



Numerous specimens in Academy Museum from various localities in Eastern 

 North America, and two specimens labelled "Rio Negro." Specimens in 

 Museum Smithsonian Institution from Cuba, Jamaica, and from Capt. Page's 

 La Plata collection. The specimens from the " Rio Negro," in the Academy 

 Museum seem to be rather large, but are not in adult plumage, and I find no 

 reliable characters for distinction. Precisely similar specimens from the Rio 

 Napo are in Mr. Lawrence's collection. This species is, assuredly, a great 

 wanderer, but very probably the same in all localities on the continent of 

 America. 



2. Agelaioides. 



2. Dolichonyx badius, (Vieillot.) 



Agelaius badius, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxiv. p. 535, (1819.) 

 Icterus fringillarius, Spix, Av. Bras, i. p. 68, (1824.) 

 Spix, Av. Bras. i. pi. 65. 



Tail black, or brownish black. Quills red, tipped with brownish black. 

 Lores black, which color extends slightly under and behind the eye ; entire plu- 

 mage of the head and body dark cinereous, with an olivaceous tinge on the top of 

 the head and on the back, much lighter and generally with a tinge of dull 

 yellow on the under parts. Primaries and secondaries bright reddish, with 

 their tips brownish black, (easily seen on the under surface of the wing.) ter- 



1866.] 



