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Genus NESOPSAR. 

 Sclater, Ibis, 1859, j). 4-37. 



Nesopsar nigerrimus. 



Icterus nigerrimus, Osburn, Zoologist, xvii. p. 0602 (1859). 

 Nesopsar nigerrimus, Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 353 (1886). 



The Jet-black Hang-nest. 



Hah. Jamaica. 



125. Sternum and shoulder-girdle of female (wanting right 

 coracoid and right scapula). S. S. 1442. 



Presented hij tlie Sniithsonian Institution. 



Genus STURNELLA. 

 Vieillot, Analyse, p. 34 (1816). 



Sturnella neglecta. 



Sturnella neglecta, Audub. B. Amer. vii. p. 339, pi. 487 (1843). 

 Sturnella magna, pt., Scl. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 358 (1886). 



The Western Meadow-Lark. 



Hah. Western United States. 



126. Skull. From Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 



Presented by Br. R. W. Shufcldt. 



Genus SCOLECOPHAGUS *. 



Swainson, Faun. Bor.-Amer., Aves, p. 494 (1831). 



Scolecophagus ferrugineus. 



Oriolus ferrugineus, Gmelin, Syst. Xat. i. j). 393. 



Scolecophagus ferrugineus, Scl. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 390 (1886). 



The Rusty Blackbird. 



Ilah. North America. 



127. Sterumn, with shoulder-girdle. S. S. 1281. 



Presented hy the Snufhf^-onian Institution. 



* An account of tlic osteology of this genus is given by Dr. h'liulVIilt in 

 Journ. Anat. I'hys. xxii. ])]). ;i09-3o0. 



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