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[Irkrus .rinithnnni.'i.] Var. <t. iliibusii Ditbois, Bull. Ac. Roy. Belg., sit. 2, xl, 

 Dec, 1875, 16 (Isthmus of ranaina; coll. Brussels Mus.). 



Icterus dubud Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, o81 (Panama?). 



[Icterus xanthornus.'] Var. /i. nutrginaUs Dubois, Bull. Ac. Roy. Belg., ser. 2, xl, 

 Dec, 1875, 17 (Isthmus of Panama; coll. Brussels Mus.). 



ICTERUS XANTHORNUS CURASOENSIS (Ridgway). 

 (JURAgAO ORIOLE. 



Similar to Z ,/'. ,vanfJwruus, but with iiiiich lono'or bill; ^^oung" much 

 paler than that of /. ,/•. xanthornus. 



Adult male.— Liength (skins), 188-11)3 (190.6); wing, 90.2-92.5 (91.2); 

 tail, 84.6-85.6 (85.1); culmen, from base, 25.9-27.9 (26.9); depth of 

 bill at base, 10.2-10.7 (lO.l); tarsus, 25.1-25.9 (25.1); middle toe, 

 18-19.8 (18. 8). 1 



Islands of Cura(,;ao, Bonaire, and Aruba, southern Caribbean Sea. 



Icterus curasocnsis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, no. 11, July 29, 1884, 



174 (Curasao Island; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 



xi, 1886, 381. 

 Icterus xaidhornus curnsucnsis Robinson, Flying Triji to Trojiics, 1895, 142 (in 



text), 165, colored plate (facing p. 142). 

 Icterus xanthornus curacaoensis Berlepscii, Journ. fi'ir Orn., 1892, 82 (Curasao; 



crit.). — Hartert, Ibis, July, 1893, 295 (Aruba; crit. ; descr. nest and eggs, 



song, etc.), 317 (Curayao), 328 (Bonaire). 

 Icterus curacoensis Vkterh, Journ. fi'irOrn., 1892, 114 (Curacao). 



ICTERUS LEUCOPTERYX (Wagler). 

 JAMAICAN ORIOLE. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Pileum, hindneck, back, scapulars, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts plain yellowish olive-green, becoming more decidedly 

 yellowish posteriorly; lesser wing-coverts light yellowish olive-green 

 or olive-yellow; middle and greater coverts white, forming a large and 

 very conspicuous patch on the wing; rest of wing black, the tertials 

 broadly edged with white; lores," anterior half of suborbital and malar 

 regions, chin, throat, and median portions of upper chest uniform black; 

 rest of under parts Indian yellow, clearer or purer (rich lemon or chrome) 

 yellow on abdomen and under tail-coverts, more tinged with olive later- 

 ally and anteriorl}-; sides of head (posterior to black "mask") similar 

 in color to breast, etc. ; bill black, with ]>asal portion of mandible bluish 

 gray (pale grayish blue in life?); legs and feet grayish dusky (grayish 

 blue in life?). 



hmnature {second year f). — Similar to adults, but tail yellowish olive- 

 green; wings grayish dusky with narrow grayish white or pale gray 

 edgings (broader on tertials), the white patch on middle and greater 

 coverts more broken, less conspicuous. 



^Two specimens. 



''■ Sometimes anterior portion of forehead also. 



