Ii83 Mr. Vigors's Sketches in Ornitholgi/. 



Gracula quiscala. Linn. Si/st, Vol.1, p. 165. sp. 7. Pica Jamai- 



censis. Briss. Tom. II. p. 41. sp. 3. Purple Grakle. Jrci, 



ZooL Vol. II. p. 263. N°. 153. Lath. Syn. Vol. II. p. 462. 



sp. 6.— Vol. III. p. 174. sp. 35. Ed. 2*\ Wils. Am. Orn. Vol. 



III. p. 44. pi. 21. f. 4. 

 Gracula barita. Linn. Si/st. Vol. I. p. 165. sp. 4. Shane Jam, 



p. 299. t. 257. f. 2. Boat-tailed Grakle. Jrct. ZooL Vol.11. 



p. 264. No. 154. Lath. Gen. Syn. Vol. II. p. 460. sp. 5. 



t. 18.— Vol. III. p. 179. sp. 33. pi. XLIV. 



The species that remain of M. CuTier's Icterus are distin- 

 guished by a somewhat slender and arched bill, and a graduated 

 tail : in both of these latter particulars approaching the preceding 

 genus Quiscalus more closely than any other group of the sub- 

 family. The following appear to be their characters. 



Icterus. Cuvier. 



Rostrum subgracile, subelongatum, subarcuatum ^ naribus 

 oralibus partim membrano tectis. 



Alee subrotundatas : remigibus 2^3^ 3ti&j 41^^ et 5ta fere aequali- 

 bus longissimis. 



Cauda gradata, rotundata. 



Pedes subfortes. 



The following birds may be selected as the typical species of 

 this genus, and those of the most common occurrence. 



Oriolus Bonana. Linn. Syst. Vol. I. p. 162. sp. 12. Le 



Carouge. Briss. Tom. II. p. 115. sp. 22. t. 12. f. 2. 



PL Enl. 535. f. 1. Icterus minor nidum suspendens. Sloane 



Jam. p. 229. sp. 16. t. 257. f. 1. Bonana Oriole. Lath. Syn, 



Vol. II. p. 436. sp. 22. 

 Oriolus chrysocephalus. Linn. Syst. Vol. I. p. 164. sp. 20. 



Le Carouge a teste jaune d'Amerique. Briss. Sup. p. 38. sp. 



32. t. 2. f. 2. Gold-headed Oriole, Lath. Syn. Vol. II. p. 



442. sp. 32. 

 Oriolus Cayanensis. Linn. Syst. Vol. I. p. 163. sp. 15. Le 



Carouge de Cayenne. Briss. Vol. II. p. 123. sp. 26. t. 9. f. 2. 



