342 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Agelaius phoeiticeus (not Oriolus phieniceus Linnseus) Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 526, part (Fort Steilacoom, Washington) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 

 1859, no. 401, part.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 261, part.— Fannin, Check List 

 Birds Brit. Cohimbia, 1891, 33, part (\v. side Cascades; Vancouver I., breed- 

 ing). — RnoADS, Froc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 47, part (Victoria and Lulu 

 Island, Britisli Cohimbia; Washington). — Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 106 (s. 

 British Cohnnl)ia; crit. ). — Kobbe, Auk, xvii, 1900, 354 (Cajie Disappoint- 

 ment, Washington, breeding). 



Algelaius] phatnceH>< Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 369, part. 



Agelaiux phoeniceus i^onoricnms {not oi Ridgway) Brewster, Auk, x, 1893, 237(Chil- 

 liwack, British Columbia, Jan. to Mar.; crit.). 



Agelaws j>]ta'niceHs cauriiius Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 



153 (Cedar Hill, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; coll. U. 8 Nat. I\Ius. ), 



154 (geog. range). 



The following- references to forms of Agelaius i^Jumiiceiis I have not 

 been able to satisfactoril}^ allocate: 



Agelxits p1i(vniccHs ScLATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 135, part (Orizaba, Vera Cruz; 

 Guatemala).— CouEs, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 90 (Fort Whipple, 

 Arizona, resident) . — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 420 (Stockton 

 and Marysville, Calfornia, Feb. to Apr.). — Ogilbv, Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin 

 Soc, iii, 1882 (43), (Navarro Co., Texas, resident; habits). 



Agelaius pJiceniceus Ferrari-Fkrez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 151 (Chietla, 

 Puebla).— TowNSExn, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 213 (Red Bluff and n. 

 of Mount Shasta, California).— Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888,670 

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

 Texas, breeding).— Mitchell, Auk, xv, 1898, 309 (San Miguel Co., New 

 Mexico, breeding up to 9,000 ft.). — Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 16, 

 1899, 122 (Shasta Valley, n. California). 



Aguelaius guheriiator (not Psurocolias guhernator Wagler) Kennerly, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., iv, pt. vi, 1857, 11 (Pueblo Creek, New Mexico). 



Agelaiun plicenidus {?) Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869,553 (Orizaba, 

 Vera Cruz; migratory?). 



AGELAIUS ASSIMILIS Gundlach. 

 CUBAN RED-WING. 



Adult male. — Similar to adult male of A. phwnicem fioridanns or 

 A. }). hrifanti., but smaller, with shorter and thicker bill; length (skin, 

 one specimen), 198.1; wing-, 107.2-lOl>.2 (108.2); tail, 81.8-83.8 (82.(5); 

 culmen, from ba.se, 23.^24.9 (24.1); depth of bill at base, 11.4-12.4 

 (11.9); tarsus, 26.7-27.9 (27.2); middle toe, 21.1 (21.3).^ 



Adult female. — Entirely uniform l)lack, including lesser wing-coverts; 

 length CskiiLs), 172.7-182.9 (177.8); wing, 91.7-95.3 (93); tail, 68.1-74.9 

 (71.9); culmen, from base, 21.1-21.6 (21.3); depth of bill at base, 11.4- 

 11.7 (11.4); tarsus, 25.4-26.7 (25.9); middle toe, 17.3-20.3 (18.5).' 



Island of Cuba (including Isle of Pines), Greater Antilles. 



Agelaius assimiles " Gundlach, MSS." Lembeye, Aves de la Islade Cuba, 1850, 64 

 (Cuba). 



* Two specimens. ^ Three specimens. 



