BIRDS OB* NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 343 



Agelaius asdmilis Lembeye, Aves de la Isla de Cuba, 1850, pi. 9, fig. 3. — Gund- 



LACH, Journ. fiir Orn., iv., 1856, 12; 1861, 332, 413; 1862, 189; 1874, 131; 



Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866,288; Boston Journ. N. H., vi, 1857, 316.— 



Brewer, Proc. Best. Soc.N. H., vii, 1860, 307.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 



Phila., 1866, 10 (monogr.)— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 221; Birds W. I., 1889, 108; 



Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 14, 110, 129, 146 (Cuba; Isle of Pines). 

 [Agelxiis} assimilis Cory, List Bii-ds W. I., 1885, 14. 

 Algelaius} assimiUs Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 371. 

 Agelseus assimilis Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 10 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 



1886, 341. 

 [^Agelaius ph,(xniceus'\ var. assimilis Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 159. 

 ^Agelieus pha'niceusi b. (tsmnilis Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 186 (synonymy.) 



AGELAIUS HUMERALIS (Vigors). 

 TAWNY-SHOTJLDERED BLACKBIRD. 



Adult male. — Uniform glossy black, with a faint ])luish green reflec- 

 tion in certain lights; lesser wing-coverts uniform (.-innamon-rufous or 

 tawn3% the middle coverts similar but paler, especially at tips; l)ill, legs, 

 and feet black; iris brown; length (skins), 167.G-188 (176.5); wing, 

 99.6-107.2(103.4); tail, 74.2-83.8 (78.7); culmen, from ])ase, 17.8-19.1 

 (18.3); depth of bill at base, 9.1-10.2 (9.9); tarsus, 23.6-25.4 (24.4); 

 middle toe, 17.8-19.3 (18.5).' 



Adult female. — Similar to adult male but smaller and with the cin- 

 namon-rufous or tawny wing-patch more restricted, at least the middle 

 coverts being partly black (sometimes wholly so); length (skins), 

 160-177.8 (167.4); wing, 92.7-96.5 (94.7); tail, 69.1-74.9 (72.9); culmen, 

 from base, 16.5-17.3 (17); depth of bill at base, 8.9-10.2 (9.4); tarsus, 

 22.6-24.1 (23.4); middle toe, 16.5-17.8 (17).' 



Island of Cuba, Greater Antilles. 



Leisies humeralis Vigors, Zool. Journ., iii, Nov., 1827, 442 (near Havana, Cuba). 

 Icterus humeralis D'Orbigny, in LaSagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 1839, 91, pi. 20. 

 Agelaius humeralis Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 130; Repert. Fisico-Nat. 



Cuba, i, 1866, 288.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 11 (monogr.).— 



Pelzeln, Ibis, 1873, 28 (crit.).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 220; Birds W. I., 1889, 



107; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 14, 110, 129.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., iv, 1892, 303 (habits). 

 Agelaeus humeralis Gvt^DLACH, Journ. fiir Orn., 1856, 13; 1861, 332. 

 Agelseus humeralis Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 136; Ibis, 1884, 11 (monogr.); 



Cat Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 342 (San Cristobal, Cuba). 

 ^Agelaius'] humeralis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 430 ("Antilles"). — Gray, 



Hand-list, ii, 1870, 33, no. 6473. 

 [Agelwus'] humeralis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 37. — Cory, List 



Birds W. L, 1885, 14. 

 A\_gelaius] liumeralis 'Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 371. 



^ Seven specimens. 



