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YoiDKj iyjirat pltmyx(je). — Similar to the immature plumage described 

 above, Init yellow of under parts and sides of head much paler (dull 

 canary- yellow); colorof upper parts duller and ])ro\vner; black "mask" 

 much duller and less sharply defined, and the white on wing-coverts 

 reduced to two broad bands (across ends of middle and greater coverts, 

 respective!}'). 



Adult male.— \^QVigt\i (skins), 189.2-191.8 (190.5); wing, 99.6-105.7 

 (102.9); tail, 81.3-87.6 (84.8); culmen, from base, 23.1-24.4 (23.9); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.2-10.7 (10.4); tarsus, 23.6-25.1 (24.4); middle 

 toe, 17-18.3 (17.5).^ 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 194,3; wing, 101.6; tail, 83.6; culmen, 

 from base, 22.9-25.1 (23.9);" depth of bill at base, 10.7;" tarsus, 23.4- 

 24.9 (24.1); middle toe, 17-18.3 (17.5).^ 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. 



(?) \Oriolws\ nidipendultis Gmehn, Syst. Nat., i, pt. i, 1788, 390 (Jamaica; based 



on Hangnest Oriole Latham, Synopsis, i, pt. 2, 437, etc.) — Latham, Index 



Orn., i, 1790, 181. 

 PslarocoliHs'] leucopteri/.v WagIjEr, Syst. Av., 1827, Psarocolius, sp. 16. 

 [IcterHs'\ lencopU'ryx Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 226. — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



Loud., 1861, 74; Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 134; Ibis, 1883, 374 (monogr.); Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 387 (Moneague, Jamaica) .^Albrecht, Journ. 



fiir Orn., 1862, 197.— March, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 299.— Cory, 



Auk, iii, 1886, 218 (synonymy and diagnosis); Birds W. I., 1889, 105 (do.); 



Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 15, 110 (Jamaica) .—Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 178 (crit.; 



song).— Field, Auk, xi, 1894, 126. 

 \^IcterusC\ leucopteryx Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 436 ("Mexico"). — Gray, 



Hand-list, ii, 1870, 32, no. 6453. — Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 



1873, 36.— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 13. 

 Ilcterus] leucopteryx '^•Ewrofi (A. and E. ), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 104. 

 Qerus (typographical error) leucopteryx Cory, Cat. VV^. I. Birds, 1892, 130. 

 Pendulinus leucopteryx Gassi's, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Apr., 1867, 59 (monogr.). 

 Oriolus mexicanus (not of Linnaeus) Leach, Zool. Misc., i, 1814, 8 (excl. syn.), 



pi. 2 (St. Andrews, Jamaica). 

 Icterus personatus Temmikck, PI. Col., livr. 80, Sept., 1829, pi. 482. 

 Ici[erus'] personatus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 435 (Jamaica). 



ICTERUS BAIRDI Cory. 

 BAI^DS ORIOLE. 



Similar to /. leucopteryx., but under parts brighter and purer yellow, 

 and upper parts (except wings and tail) dull yellow instead of olive- 

 green. 



"Front of face and throat black; under parts bright 3^ellow; back 

 dull yellow, showing a faint trace of olive on the upper back; tail and 

 wings black; lesser coverts bright yellow, greater secondary wing- 

 coverts pure white, forming a broad white wing-patch, some of the 

 inner primaries delicatel}" edged with white, showing more clearly on 

 the inner secondaries; bill and feet black. 



' Four specimens. '•' Two specimens. 



