286 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Ict[eruii'\ gularis Bos APARTE, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 435 ("Mexico"). 



[Idei'usl gularis ScLATER and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 36, part. 



Icterus gularis gularis Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 152, in 

 text. 



(?) Icterus mentalis Lesson, Cent. Zool., 1830, 111, pi. 41 (Mexico; ex " Cacieus 

 mentalis Wagler, Isis"). — (?) Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., 1842, 136. — Sclater, 

 Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 134 (San Geronimo, Gnateniala). 



The following- references are doubtful, and may belong either to this 

 form or to /. </. tamaulipensis: 



Icterus gularis Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1848, 90 (Mexico). — Sclater, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 205 (Mexico). 



ICTERUS GULARIS TAMAULIPENSIS Ridgway. 

 ALT A MIRA ORIOLE. 



Similar to /. g. gidaris^ but decidedly smaller and the coloration 

 more intense, the orange-yellow more decidedly orange (usually rich 

 cadmium orange); black at anterior extremity of malar region, broader; 

 bill shorter and deeper through base. 



Adult ttiale.—l^ength (skins), 219.7-242.6 (232.7); wing, 108.2-117.9 

 (114.3); tail, 97.3-111 (104.1); culmen, from base, 24.9-26.9 (25.7); 

 depth of bill at base, 13-14.7 (13.7); tarsus, 29.5-31 (30); middle toe, 

 19.3-21.8 (20.1).^ 



Adult female.— Ijen^th (skins), 218.4-238.8 (226.3); wing, 105.2- 

 110.7 (108.2); tail, 95-103.1 (99.8); culmen. from base, 23.6-25.9 

 (24.6); depth of bill at base. 12.7-14 (13.2); tarsus, 28.7-30 (29.5); 

 middle toe, 19.6-22.4 (19.8).' 



Eastern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Otatitlan, Papantla, Cate- 

 maco, San Andreas Tuxtla, etc.), Pue])la (Metlaltoyuca, February) 

 San Luis Potosi (Valles, etc.), and Tamaulipas (Alta Mira, Hidalgo 

 etc.). 



Icterus mexicanus (not Oriolus mexicanus Leach) Swainson, Philos. Mag., new ser, 

 i, 1827, 436 (Temascaltepec, Mexico).'' 



/[r/<'nf.s] gularis (not Psarocolius gularis Wagler) Cab.vnis, ]\Ius. Hein., i, 1851, 185 

 ( Jalapa, Vera Cruz) . 



Icterus gularis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 228 (San Andreas Tuxtla, 

 Vera Cruz); 1859, .365 (Jalapa); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 133 (do); Ibis, 1883, 

 371, part (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 384, part (Jalapa). — 

 Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 49, part (monogr.; Mirador, Vera 

 Cruz; City of Mexico). — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 

 150 (Actopam, Vera Cruz). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, 

 i, 1887, 475, part (Temascal tepee; Actopam, San Andreas, Tuxtla, and 

 Jalapa, Vera Cruz).— Bendike, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 466 

 (Hidalgo, Tamaulipas; Louisiana?). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xviii, 1896, 630, (Alta Mira, Tamaulipas) . 



^ Nine specimens. ^ 



'-' Five specimens. 



^Cites Oriolus mexicanus Leach, Zool. Misc., i, 1814, \\h'u-h= Icterus leucopteryx 

 (Wagler). 



