184 NORTH AMERICA X RIRDS. 



at ends ; fp-eatei- coverts with outer webs wlioUy wliite, and middle coverts 



entirely white, producing a large conspicuous longitudinal patch on the 



wing; tertials and secondaries broadly edged with white, and primaries more 



narrowly skirted with the same. Other portions rich orange or yellow. 



Rump grayish-orange; sides and flanks deep orange; forehead and 



auriculars orange; a broad supraloral stripe of the same. Xanthic tints 



deep orange, with a reddish tinge on the breast. Wings, 4.00 ; tail, 



3.50; culmen, .80; tarsus, .!)0. JIah. Western Province of United 



States ........... var. biillock i 



Rump black ; sides and flanks black ; forehead and auriculars black ; no 

 yellow or orange supraloral strijies. Xanthic tint a very intense gam- 

 boge, without any shade of orange. Wing, 4.00 ; tail, 3.50 ; culmen, 

 .75; tarsus, .85. Tlab. .\Ie.\ico var. aheillei. 



Icterus vulgaris, D.udin. 



TEOUPIAL. 



Oriolus icUrus, LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, 17t)C, lUl. Idcrus vulgaris, "D.\i ui.n." — Aui). Birds 

 Am. Vll, 1844, 357, pi. cccc.Kci.M. — Bp. Conspectus Av. 1850, 434. — B.MUD, Birds 

 N. Am. 1858, 542. —Cass. P. A. N. S. 1867, 46. Lc troupialc rulgairc, Buffo.v, 

 PL enl. "532" (535, Bp.). 



Sp. Char. Bill curved. Throat and chin with narrow pointed feathers. A naked 

 space around and liehind the eye. Tail-leathers graduated. Head and upper part of 

 neck all round, and beneath from tail to upper part of breast, interscapular region of 

 back, wings, and tail, black. Rest of under parts, a collar on the lower hind neck, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts, yellow-orange. A broad band on the wing and outer edges of 

 secondaries, white. Length, 10 inches ; wing, 4.50 ; tail, 4.50 ; bill above, 1.35. 



H.\B. Northern South America and West Indies? Accidental on the southern coast 

 of the United States ? 



This is the largest Oriole said to be found in the United State.s, and difters 

 from the rest in its longer bill, and pointed, elongated feathers on the throat. 

 The bill is attenuated, and somewhat decurved. The third quill is longest, 

 the first quill almost the shortest of all the primaries. The outer tail-feather 

 is about .GO of an inch less than the middle. 



There is only a trace of wliitish on tlie edges of the ])rimaries. The 

 broad white edges to the secondaries are continuous in the folded wing with 

 the white on the greater coverts, the lowest row of which, however, is black. 

 The e.xtreme and concealed base of the tail is wliite. 



One specimen has the light markings yellow, instead of orange. 



This species is given by !Mr. Audubon as Xortli American, on the strength 

 of occasional stragglers from South America. One of the specimens before 

 us was received from ^Ir. Audubon (2,842), and is, possibly, Xorth Ameri- 



1 Iclerios hullocki, var. aheillei. Xanthnnuis abeilhi, Lf..'<s. Rev. Zool. 1839, 101. ITi/phantcs 

 ft. C.\ss. P. A. N. S. 1867, 62. f Oriohos cosMotl, Gm. Syst. Nat. 1, 3SS, 1788. 



Till! only essential dilferenee from /. bullocki is in the greater amount of black, it being 

 uieruly more extended, while the pattern is the same. 



