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P[e7i(Minu>^] solitaris Vieillot, Enc. Meth., ii, 1823, 705 (based on Bastard Oriole 

 Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina). 



Pendulinm viridis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., v, 1816, 301. 



PenduUnus nigricollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., v, 1816, 318. 



Oriolus mutatus Wilson, Am. Orn., i, 1808, 64, pi. 4, figs. 1-4. 



XanthornusaffinisLAWRKNCE, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y.,v, 1852, 113 (Rio Grande, 

 Texas; coll. G. N. Lawrenee).— Woodhouse, Rep. Sitgreaves' Expl. Zuni 

 and Col. R., 1853, 79 (Texas).— Baird, in Stansbury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 

 1853, 332 (Rio Grande).— Kennerly, Rep. Paeiflc R. R. Surv., iv, pt. vi, 

 1857, 10 (75 m. w. of Albuquerque, New Mexico).— Heermann, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., X, no. 1, 1859, 17 (San Antonio, Texas, breeding).— Cassin, 

 Froc. Ae. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, 140 (Rio Atrato, Colombia). 



Icterus affinis Sclater and Salvin, Proe. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 20 (Guate- 

 mala).— Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, 1860, 34 (Duenas and Coban, Guatemala, 

 July, numerous!).— Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 130 (Jalapa) ; Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1864, 175 (Valley of Mexico). 



Bananivorus affinis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 301 (Cordova, Vera 

 Cruz); 1859, 365 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz). 



PendnJinus affinis Cassia, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Apr., 1867, 61 (monogr.). 



[Jdcrus sjmrins} Var. affiinis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 158. 



Icterus spur i us . . . var. affinis Covks, Check List, 1873, no. 215o. 



Icterus spurius var. affinis Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 24 

 (Chihuitan, Santa Eflgenia, and Tehuantepec City, Oaxaca); Mem. Bost. 

 Soe. N. H., ii, 1874, 279 (Mazatlan; plains of Colima).— Merrill, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 135 (Fort Brown, Texas, breeding). 



Icterus spurius affinis Coues and Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., 

 v, 1879, 397 (Lometa, Texas, breeding).— Coues, Cheek List, 2d ed., 1882, 

 no. 325.— Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 167 (s. e. Texas, 

 breeding; deser. nests). 



[Icterus sjmrius] b. affinis Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 193 (in synonymy). 



Ilcterus] s[purins'] affinis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 408. 



ICTERUS BONANA (Linnaeus). 

 MARTINIQUE ORIOLE. 



Adults {sexes alike).— Head, neck, chest, and upper breast rich very 

 dark chestnut or bay; back, scapulars, wings (except lesser and middle 

 coverts), and tail black; lesser and middle wing-coverts, lower rump, 

 and under parts of body (posterior to upper breast) deep orange-rufous 

 or rufous-tawny, deepest on lower l)reast, where sometimes almost 

 chestnut; upper part of rump, thighs, and under wing-coverts orange- 

 ochraceous or dull orange-yellow; upper and under tail-coverts 

 orange-rufous or rufous-tawny, the longer feathers tipped with black; 

 bill black, the basal portion of mandible pale bluish gray; legs and 

 feet grayish dusky (bluish gray or grayish blue in life?). 



Young. —Similur to adults, but colors duller and plumage of looser 



texture. 



Adult male.— Ijength {skin), 182.9; wing, 86.9; tail, 83.8; culmen, 

 from base, 8.1; tarsus, 22.9; middle toe, 15.5.' 



Adult female.— l^ength (skin), 193; wing, 77;- tail, 84.6; culmen, 



1 One specimen. ^ Unreliable measurement (primaries molting) . 



