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[Icterus'] giraudi Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 36. 



(?) Xanthornuschrysater\^KSSO¥i, Oeuvr. Buffon, vii, 1847, 332 (Mexico). — Bona- 

 parte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 434 (Mexico). 



Icterus melanopterus Hartlaub, Rev. et Mag. de ZooL, 1849, 275 (Caracas, Ven- 

 ezuela; coll. Bremen Mus.?). — Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 58 

 (Omoa, Honduras). 



[Xanlhornus] »ie/anopte/'it.b' Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 434 (Colombia). 



l^cterus] melanopterus Cabatssis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 185 (Colombia; Venezuela). 



ICTERUS GUALANENSIS Underwood. 

 GTJALAN ORIOLE. 



Similar to L giraudU^ but liaving- the black of the head extended to 

 the occiput. Total length, 215.9; culmen, 2.5. i; wing, 105.4; tail, 104; 

 tarsu.s, 27.9. (Translation of original description.^) 



Icterus gualanensis Underwood, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. Iv, June 30, 1898, p. 

 lix (Gualan, Guatemala; location of type not stated). 



The above description applies very well to some immature examples 

 of I. lyroHthemeJax. 



ICTERUS PUSTULATUS (Wagler). 

 SCARLET-HEADED ORIOLE. 



Adult male in simimer. — Lores, anterior portion of malar region, 

 chin, and throat, black; rest of head and neck intense orange, some- 

 times flame scarlet, more rarely yellowish orange, the remaining under 

 parts paler orange or yellow; back, rump, upper tail-coverts and 

 lesser wing-coverts orange or yellow, the back streaked with black; 

 inner webs of scapulai's mostly orange or yellow, outer webs black; 

 middle wing-coverts white, with basal portion of inner webs black, 

 this increasing in extent on innermost feathers; rest of wing black, 

 with innermost greater coverts edged with white, the rest l)roadly 

 tipped with white on outer webs; secondaries edged with white, except 

 on basal portion of outermost five or six; primaries (except the first) 

 with basal portion of outer webs white, forming a more or less exten- 

 sive patch, and portion of outer webs from sinuation to tip narrowly 

 edged with white; tail black, with concealed basal portion of the 

 rectrices orange or yellow (shafts of this portion white), the outer- 

 most rectrices broadly ti])ped with dull whitish or pale brownish 

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

 feet horn color (in dried skins). 



Adult male in vy'inter. — Similar to the summer plumage, but white 

 edgings to wing feathers much Ijroader, often strongly tinged with 

 gray; orange or yellow of l)ack, rump, etc., more or less tinged with 

 olive, the back often tinged or suffused with gray. 



Adult female in summer. — Pileum, hindneck, back, inner webs of 

 scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts wax yellow or olivaceous 



^ The measurements converted from inches to millimeters. 



