BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 211 



Molothrus pecoris . . . var. obscuriiK Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 211a. — Hen- 

 SHAW, Eep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 160 (s. Arizona). 



Molothrus pecoris var. ohscurus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 32, fig. 8.— Lawrence, Mem. Best. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 

 280 (Mazatlan; Manzanillo Bay; habits) ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 

 24 (Tehuan tepee City, Oaxaca, Oct.). 



{^Molothrus pecorisi b. ohscurus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 180 (synonymy). 



M^olothrus'] ater var. ohscurus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 180, in text. 



Molothrus ater var. ohscurus Merrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 130 (Fort 

 Brown, Texas; summer resid.). 



Molothrus ater ohscurus Coues and Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. 

 Terr., iv, 1878, 22 (Brownsville, Texas; habits).— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. 

 and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 396 (Lometa, Texas; habits, descr. eggs, 

 etc.).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 182, 218, 232; Nom. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1881, no. 258 a.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 314.— 

 Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 40 (Boerne, Kendall Co., Texas, 

 Jan., Feb.).— Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 166 (Houston, 

 Texas, breeding).— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 200 (Tucson 

 and Santa Rita Mts., Arizona). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 

 546, 547 (San Jos^ del Cabo, Lower California); vi, 1883, 343 (Guaymas, 

 Sonora). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 495a. — 

 Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 151 (Puebla, Nov.).— Scott, 

 Auk, iv, 1887, 22 (Riverside, Tucson, Florence, etc., Arizona). — Cooke, 

 Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 162 (Tom Green and Concho counties, Texas, 

 summer). — Mearns, Auk, vii, 1890, 257 (Mogollon Mts., Arizona, sum- 

 mer). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 237 (San Antonio, Texas). — Bendire, 

 Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893, 597 (geog. range, habits, etc.); Life Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 441, pi. 6, figs. 7, 8. 



[Molothrus jiecoris.l h. Subsp. obscura Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 

 334, in list of specimens. 



M\_olotkrus'\ a[ter'\ oiscttrn.s Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2(1 ed., 1884, 402. 



M\_olothrus'] ater ohscurus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 367. 



(?) Agelaus pecoris (not Fringilla pecoris Gmelin?) Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s., 

 i, 1827, 436 (near City of Mexico). 



(?) Psarocolius pecori? W AGLER, Isis, 1831, 527 (Mexico). 



(?) Molothrus pecoris Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 213 (Orizaba, Vera 

 Cruz); 1860, 252 (Orizaba); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 134, part ( Jalapa) ; Ibis, 

 1884, 3, part (monogr. ). 



Molothrus pecoris Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 333, part (City of 

 Mexico; Mazatlan). — Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv. 1859, 52 

 (Fort Yuma, New Mexico; Texas). — Baird, Rep. U. S. and Mex. Bound. 

 Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 18 (Texas; Nuevo Leon, etc). — Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1866, 90 (Fort Whipple, Arizona). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 450, part (most Mexican references and localities. ) 



\_Sturnus'\ junceti Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 326 (same basis as S. ohscurus 

 Gmelin ) . 



MOLOTHRUS ATRONITENS (Cabanis). 

 GLOSSY COWBIRD. 



Adult male. — Head, neck, back, scapulars, and under parts as far back 

 as flanks and upper portion of al)donien uniform silky violet-black, 

 the gloss rather more reddish violet or purple on the breast and sides; 



