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A[gelims']p[ha'niceus'\ guhemator Coues, KeyN. Am. Birds, 2(1 ed., 1884,404, part. 



Icterus giibcrnator Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., 2d ed., i, 1840, 187 (Oregon). 



Agelaius guhemator calif urniciis Nelson, Auk, xiv, Jan., 1897, 59 (Stockton, Cali- 

 fornia; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ). — Amekican Ornithologist's Union Commit- 

 tee, Auk, xiv, 1897, 128— (??) Cooke, Birds Colorado, 1897, 94 (Cheyenne, 

 Wyoming, 1 spec, Apr. 14, 1889). — Grinnell, Pub. ii, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 

 1898, 33 (Bixby and El Monte, Los Angeles Co., California, in winter). — 

 KoBBE, Auk, xvii, 1900, 354 (Cape Disappointment, Washington, breeding, 

 abundant) .—Maillard, Condor, iii, 1901, 124 (San Benito Co., California, 

 resident).— (?) Barlow, Condor, iii, 1901, 168 (Sly Park and Lake Tahoe, 

 Sierra Nevada, breeding). — Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, 1901, 154 

 (geog. range). 



AGELAIUS GUBERNATOR GRANDIS (Nelson). 

 ATLIXCO RED-WING. 



Similar to A. <j. guhemator, but wing-, tail, bill, and middle toe 

 long-er, the bill more slender; adult male with lesser wing-coverts 

 more orange, the middle coverts always (?) more or less buffy or 

 tawny (usually extensively so, sometimes with black only on tips of 

 innermost coverts); adult female more extensively streaked beneath, 

 the chest (sometimes even breast and itpper part of abdomen) streaked, 

 as well as throat. 



Adult male.— L&ngth (skins), 5213.4-237.5(221.2); wing-, 130-139.2 

 (136.1); tail, 90.0-105.1: (04.7); culmen, from base, 22.1-25.1 (23.1); 

 depth of bill at base, 11.1-13.2 (12.2); tarsus, 31.5-33.8 (32.8); middle 

 toe, 22.1-24.1 (23.6).^ 



Adult female.— hfingih. (skins), 184.2-100.5(188.5); wing, 108-113.5 

 (110..5); tail, 76.5-78.7 (77.2); culmen, from base, 18.8-19.8 (19.6); 

 depth of bill at base, 11.4-11.9 (11.7); tarsus, 26.9-29 (28.2); middle 

 toe, 19.8-20.6 (20.3).' 



Southeastern portion of Mexican plateau, in States of Puebla 

 (Atlixco, Chietla, Orizaba,^ etc.), Morelos?, Tlaxcala (Laguna del 

 Rosario; Nativitas)?, and Hidalgo (Real del Monte)? 



(?) Agelaus pJmniceus (not Oriolus phamiceus Linnaeus) Swainson, Philos. Mag., 

 n. s., i, 1827, 436 (Real del Monte and sides of the Cordillera, Hidalgo, 

 Mexico). 

 (?) Agelmis plmniceus Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 135, part (Orizaba, \'era 

 Cruz); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 340, part (in synonomy).— Salvin 

 and GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 453, part (Real del Monte and 

 sides of Corderi 11a, Hidalgo; Chietla, Puebla; Orizaba, Vera Cruz). 



^ Eight specimens. 



^ Five specimens. 



^ I doubtfully refer Orizaba specimens to this form. The two specimens examined 

 differ from the Atlixco examples in having the lesser wing-coverts bright vermilion 

 red instead of orange-chrome, one of them having the bill decidedly longer and more 

 slender. In this last respect another Puebla skin (exact locality unknown) is even 

 more aberrant, while the lesser wing-coverts are still deeper red. It is possible the 

 birds resident in eastern Puebla may constitute still another form. 



