280 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



from base (two specimens), 21.8-22.1; depth of bill at base, 8.9; 

 tarsus (two specimens), 21.8-23.1 (22.4); middle toe, 15.7.^ 



Island of Martinique, Lesser Antilles; Island of Guadeloupe?? 



[Oriolus'] bonana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 162 (based on Icterus minor, 

 nidiim snspendens, Sloane, Jam., ii, 299, pi. 257, fig. 1) . — Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 

 1788, 390.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 181. 



Icterus bonana Daudin, Trait<3'd'0rn., ii, 1800, 332.— Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 167 (Mar- 

 tinique). — Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., i, 1879, 355 (Martinique; 

 habits).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 215 (synonymy; diagnosis); iv, 1887, 96 (Mar- 

 tinique); Birds W. I., 1889, 102; Cat. W.I. Birds, 1892, 15, 110, 133 (Mar- 

 tinique).— Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 368 (Martinique). 



[Icterusl bonana Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 36. — Cory, List 

 Birds W. I., 1885, 13. 



Icterus bonanx SchATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 131 ("Antilles"). 



Pendulinus banana Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, d' Hist. Nat, v, 1816, 316. 



\_Pendulinus'\ }>onana Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 432. 



Pendulinus bonana Cassin, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Apr., 1867, 54 (monogr). 



PsarocoUus bonana Wagler, Syst. Av., 1827, Psarocolius, sp. 19. 



X[a»Y/i0J'?ms] bonana Cabanis, Mus. Hein, i, 1851, 183 (Martinique). 



{?) PendidinusrufigaMerYiBihhOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., v, 1816, 321 (" Amer- 

 ique meridionale " ^) . — Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 55 (monogr. ; 

 Guadeloupe). 



(.?) Plendidinus'] rufigaster Vieillot, Enc. M(^th., ii., 1823, 708. 



{?} [Bananivorus'] rufigaster Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., 1823, 834 (Guadeloupe). 



ICTERUS MELANOCEPHALUS MELANOCEPHALUS (Wagler). 

 BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE, 



Adult 9nale. — Head, upper part of neck, median portion of upper 

 chest, wings (except lesser and part of middle coverts), and tail l)lack, 

 the tertials usually more or less edged with whitish or pale ])rownish 

 gray; lower hindneck, back, scapulars, I'ump, and upper tail-coverts 

 dull sati'ron yellow or wax yellow, more or less tinged with olive- 

 green, the scapidars partly black; sides of neck, lesser wing-coverts, 

 and under parts (except as described) deep lemon or gamboge yellow, 

 sometimes (though rarel}") tinged with orange; middle wing-coverts 

 mostlj^ black; bill black, with basal portion of mandible bluish gray 

 (pale gra3"ish blue in life?); legs and feet gra3"ish horn-color (bluish 

 gray in life?); length (skins), 198-213.4 (205.5); wing, 93.5-98.3 (96.5); 

 tail^ 90.2-102.4 (96.5); culmen, from base, 22.4-23.4 (22.9); depth of 

 bill at base, 10.4-10.9 (10.7); tarsus, 24.9-27.4 (26.2); middle toe, 

 17-18.5 (17.8).^ 



' One specimen. 



^ There is a very material discrepancy between Vieillot's original description and the 

 later one by Bonaparte. Vieillot describes his P. rufigaster as having the belly and 

 posterior parts ( " a le ventre et les parties posterieures ")-deep russet or rusty ( " roux 

 ardent " ) , the rest of the plumage black. Bonaparte, although apparently describing 

 Vieillot's type, gives the color of the head, neck, and breast as chestnut — in short, 

 describes a bird (said to be from Guadeloupe) very like/, btmana. Possibly " partes 

 posterieures " in Vieillot's description is an error ( lapsus penuas) for partes anterieures. 



' Six specimens. 



