COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY ICTERID^. 609 



Icteridae. 



1815. Clinton, De Witt. An Introductory Discourse delivered on the 4tli of May, 

 1814. < Trans. Lit. and Philos. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, pp. 21-184. > Note S, pp. 

 125-128. 



NnteS, appended to this discourse, treats of the plumages and migrations of the Bobolink, 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus. 



1818. Ord, G. Observations on two species of the genus Gracula [G. quiscala, G. 



barita] of Latham. <^Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.,\, 181S, pp. 253-260. 



A critical article, distinguishing the Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major V.) from the 

 Purple Grackle (Q.purpureus). 



1819. LiCHTENSTEiN, K. M. H. Ueber die Gattung Gracula aus der i"^milie der Krji- 



henvogel (Coraces). <C Abhandl. der Berlin. Akad., aus d. Jahren 181(>-17, 1819, 

 Phys. Classe, pp. 143-1.54. (Vorgelesen den 18. Juli 1816.) 



This is the original ; there is another edition in Isis, 1824, pp. 402-406. q. v. 



The "genus' Gracula of this author is very extensive, including birds of several of the 

 families recognized by modern ornithologists, among them the Icteridce. 



The species of Gracula treated are the following: — Gracula religiosa, p. 148; G. calva, p. 

 148; G. tristis, p. 148; G. pagodarum. \>. 148; G. cristatella, p. 149 : G. eartmculata, p. 149, 

 with several etchers of doubtful character. — The author then proceeds to treat the other Lin- 

 nean " Gracula;", i. «., IcterUkp, as foUows: — Quiscala pttrpurea, "n. sp"., p. 151 (but Bartram 

 had called it Gracula purpurea in 1791!); Q. fulgida, n. sp., p. l.)l ; Q. navicularis, n. sp., p. 

 1.51 ; Q. saularig, p. l.')l ; Q. jamaicensis, p. — . 



1824. LiCHTEXSTEix, K. M. H. Dissertation sur le genre Martin ou Mainate (Gracula) ; 

 par Lichteusteiu. . . ■i^Fernns. Bull., 2<^ sect., ii, lS2i, \^. 294. 



Extraite des Ahhand. Konigl. Acad. Wiss. Berlin pour les annees 1816 et 1817, pp. 14.3-1.54. 



1824. LiCHTEN.STEiN, K. M. H. [Abhandhxng liber Gracula. Auszug aus Abh. Konigl. 



Akad. Wiss. Berlin aus d. .Jahren 1816-17, 1819, SS. 143-154.] < Oken's Ms, 

 Jahrg. viii, 1824, pp. 402-406. 



Die Charaktere der verwandten Sippen, Corvus, Coracias, Paradisea. Gracula. Die reinen 

 Grar.ulm sind folgende sechs: religiosa, calva, tristis, pagodarum. cristateUa, carunculata, p. 

 403. Zweifelhaft bleiben ; G. grisea Daud., GG. gingiiniana, malabarica, icferops Lath., <?. 

 longirostra Pall. — GG. strepera, tibicen und varia Shaw bilden besser eine eigene Sippc den 

 Kacken nahe. — G. cai/eanensig Gm. und G. picoides Shaw hat Hermann al.s Dendrocolaptes 

 aufgestellt. Die andern GracuUe von Linue stellt der Verfa.sser als Quiscala ani: Q. pur- 

 purea^ G. quiscala l,a.th. ; Q. fulgida hicht. ^ Sturnus quiscala T>a.ud. ; Q. navicularis ; Q. 

 sav.laris ,- Q. jamaicensis = Sturnus jamaicensis Daud. 



1825. Bonaparte, C. [L.] Descriptionsoftwonewspeciesof Mexican Birds. <^Journ. 



Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila., iv, l-^OS, pp. 3S7-390. 

 At p. 389, Icterus melanicterus ; the other is a Corvus. 



1825. Vigors, N. A. On the genus Icterus Briss. < Zoo/. Jb«rH., ii, 1825, pp. 182-197, 



pll. .suppl. 9, 10. 



This, the second iu.stalment of the series of articles entitled " Sketches on Ornithology ; or," 

 &c., treats of the familj- Icteridce as now understood. Here occur the descriptions of Xan- 

 thornus chrysopterus, sii. n., p. 190, pi. 9, and oi Leistes (g. n., p. 191) suchii, sp. n., p. 192, pi. 10. 

 (Feruss. Bull., viii, 1826. pp. 111-11.3 ; Isis, 1830, 1013-'l018.) 



1826. BoNAP.\RTE, C. [L.] On the distinction of two species of Icteru,s, hitherto con- 



founded under the specific name of Icterocephalus. <^ Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., V, 1826, pp. 222-225. 

 Icterus xanthocephalus, n. sp., p. 223. 



1826. Lesson, [R. p.] Esquissesornithologiques, etc., etc. Du genre Icterus de Bris- 

 son ; par N. A. Vigors. . . < F6niss. Bull, 2^ sect., viii, 1826, pp. 111-113. 

 Zool. Journ., ii, No. 6, 1825, pp. 182-197. 



