BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 319 



Southern portion of Mexican plateau, in States of San Luis Potosi 

 (Jesus Maria), Puebla (Chalchiconuila), Mexico (Tlalpam, valley of 

 Mexico), Morelos (Huitzilac), Jalisco (Hacienda el Molina), Guan- 

 ajuato (Celaya), and Vera Cruz (Orizaba). 



(?)\_Oriolus'] costototl Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. i, 1788, 385 ("Nova Hispania"; 



based on Icterus novx hispanix BriHson, Orn., ii, p. 95; Xochilol et Costototl 



Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., iii, p. 210). 

 Ps[arocolms'] coztototl Wagler, Isis, 1829, 757. 

 \_Yp}uuites'\ co2to<o/^ Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 4o2 (Mexico). 

 H[%jphantes'\ costototl Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 188, footnote. 

 Xanthorrms aheillel hEssoTss, Rev. Zool., 1839, 101 (Mexico; coll. Abeille). 

 Icterus abeillii Sclater, Proe. Zool. iSoc. Lond., 1860, 252 (Orizaba, Vera Crnz); 



1864, 175 (valley of Mexico); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 130 (Mexico); Ibis, 



1883, 354 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 366 (City of Mexico; 



"North Mexico"). — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1869, 362 



(City of Mexico) ; Exotic Orn., pt. i, 1869, 187, pi. 94.— Duges, La Naturaleza, 



i, 1868, 139 (Guanajuato).— Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 262 (Mexico) . 

 Icterus abeillxi Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 462. 

 [Icterus'] a&e?7to'i Sclater and Salvin, Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 36. 

 Icterus abeillei J ovY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1894, 781 (Hacienda el Molina, 



Jalisco). 

 I^clerus] aheillei Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 378. 

 [Pendulinus'] nheiUii Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 433. 

 Hyphantes abeillei Cashin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 62 (monogr.). 

 [Icterus buUocki^ var. abeillci Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 



ii, 1874, 184 (diagnosis). 

 Icterus huUocki, var. abeillci Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 



ii, 1874, 184, footnote (references). 



Genus AGELAIUS Vieillot. 



Agelavts Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 33. (Type, Oriolus plucnicciis Linnaeus.) 

 Agelneus (emendation) Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, Sept., 1851, 188. 

 Agelxus (emendation) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 127. 

 Agelasticus'^ ChBAma, Mus. Hein., i, Sept., 1851, 188. (Type, Turdus thilius 



Molina.) 

 Thilius Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxvi, 1853, 833. (Type, Turdus thilius 



Molina. ) 

 Melanophantes Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xix, Apr., 1867, 63. (Type, 



Icterus xanthomus Sclater. ) 

 (?) Chrysomus (not Chrysoma Risso, 1826) Swainson, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 274. 



(Type, Oriolus icterocephalus Linnfeus. ) 

 (?) Xanthosomus^ Cab Ams, Mus. Hein., i, Sept., 1851, 189. (Type, Oriolus icte- 



rocephahis lAnwiSus.) 

 (?) Erijthropsar Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. jPhila., xviii. Mar., 1866, 17. 



(Type, Agelaius frontalis Vieillot.) 



Small or medium-sized semiterrestrial paludicoline Icterida? with 

 bill shorter than head, conical or cuneate, compressed; rather long- and 



' "Von ayEXadTtirjog, gesellig, in Heerden lebend." 

 ^"Von ^av^os, gelb, und i^/ua, Leib. Korper." 



