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Pendulinus prosthemelas Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 56 (monogr. ). — 



La^veence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 104 (Tucurriqui, Costa Rica). — 



Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 302 (Costa Rica). 

 [Fendulinus'] lessoni Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, June 15, 1850, 432 (Mexico; based 



on Troupiale noire a ventre jaune Lesson, Traite d'Orn., 1831, no. 7). 

 Pendulinus lessoni Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. de ZooL, 1854, 66 (crit. ). 

 A'[oH</io?'/ms] lessoni Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, Aug., 1851, 184 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz). 

 {f) Icterus gnalanensis Underwood, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. Iv, June 30, 1898, p. 



lix (Gualan, Guatemala). 



ICTERUS HYPOMELAS (Bonaparte). 

 CUBAN ORIOLE. 



Adults {sexes alike). — General color uniform black; lesser and mid- 

 dle wing-coverts, rump, and thighs, lemon yellow; under wing-coverts 

 and axillars slightly paler (canary) yellow; shorter under tail-coverts 

 and tips (more or less extensive) of longer under tail-coverts duller 

 (gallstone or saffron yellow); bill black, the mandible bluish gray (pale 

 grayish blue in life) basally: legs and feet grayish dusky (bluish gray 

 in life?). 



Lmnature {seG07id year?). — Head and neck dull olive-green becoming 

 more or less dusky on fore part of head, especially from lores to chin, 

 inclusive (whole throat, chin, malar region, and lores sometimes uni- 

 form black); back and scapulars dull grayish olive-green, the feathers 

 indistinctly darker centrally; rump more yellowish olive-green, more 

 yellow on lower portion; lesser wing-coverts yellowish olive-green;; 

 middle coverts more yellowish, with a darker mesial streak; rest of 

 wings, and tail, grayish dusky with edgings of pale olive-grayish or 

 grayish buffy; under parts, except chin (and sometimes throat) plain 

 olive-green, duller anteriorly, l)righter or more yellowish posteriorly. 

 [Older specimens variously intermediate in coloration between this, 

 plumage and the fully adult livery.] 



Adult m«/^.— Length (skins), 186.7-198.1 (190.8); wing, 94.2-96 

 (95.3); tail, 84.3-91.9 (88.6); culmen, from base, 20.3-22.4 (21.6); 

 depth of bill at base, 8.1-9.1 (8.4); tarsus, 23.9-24.4 (24.1); middle 

 toe, 15-17.3 (16.8).^ 



Adult fe7nale.—ljengt\i (skins), 176.5-198.1 (186.7); wing, 89.4-94.7 

 (91.9); tail, 81.3-92.7 (86.9); culmen, from base, 21.1-22.1 (21.6); 

 depth of bill at base, 8.1-8.4 (8.1); tarsus, 22.9-24.4 (23.6); middle 

 toe, 16-17.5 (16.8).^ 



Island of Cuba, Greater Antilles. 



Icterus dominicensis (not Oriolus dominicensis Linnaeus) Vigors, Zool. Journ., iii, 

 1828, 441 (Cuba).— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1860, 268 (Cuba; 

 crit.). — Albrecht, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 212 (Cuba). — Sclater, Cat. Am. 

 Birds, 1862, 131, part (Cuba). 



^ Seven specimens. 



