142 NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 



{EXTRA-L1MITAL.) 



I. xanthocephalus. (Bonap. Am. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 27. Giraud.) Black. Head, neck and breast 



yellow-orange: a white spot on the wing. Female and young, dark brown; breast yellow: 



wing unspotted. Length, 9 inches. Missouri, Texas. 

 I. tricolor. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 4, p. 27, pi. 214.) Bluish black: smaller wing-coverts carmine; 



their lower row white. Female, unknown. Length, 9 inches. North-California. 

 I. gubernator. (Id. lb. pi. 215.) Glossy bluish black: smaller wing-coverts scarlet; at the base, 



white. Female, dark brown ; throat, and a broad streak over the eye dull orange. Length, nine 



inches. Columbia river. 

 I. bullockii. (Id. lb. pi. 2 IS.) Black: back, rump and belly yellow; frontlet, a line over the eye, 



and sides orange yellow ; throat black ; four middle tail-feathers black, the others yellow. Female 



and young, olive grey ; sides of the head and neck yellow ; tbroat of the latter black. Length, 7 



inches. Columbia river. 

 I. auduboni. (Giraud, B. of Tex.) Head, throat, foreneck, wings and tail black : back, rump and 



upper tail-coverts greenish yellow. Beneath yellow. Tail much rounded. Length, 8*7. Texas. 

 I, vulgaris, Daud. Bill naked ; space round the eye and feet blue ; head, neck, breast, back, wings 



and tail black: a patch of white on the wings: rest of the body yellow. Length, 10 inches. 



Charleston. 



