BIRDS OF MIDDLE AND NORTH AMERICA. 



695 



A in peJh I uteus iip ARUM AN, Miis. Carls., i, fasc. 3, 17SS, pi. 70. 



leteria dumicohi Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1807, 85 (cites Mumcnpa riridis 



Linnieus); Enc. Meth., ii, 1823, 702.— Vieii.lot and Oudart, Gal. Ois., i, 



1834, 119, pi. 85. 

 Jcteria dumicola Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1808, pi. 55. 

 Pipru polyglotta Wilson, Am. Orn., i, 1808, 90, pi. (), fig. 1 (cites Muficicapa riridii^ 



Ginelin). — Bonaparte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., iv, 1825, 251. 

 (?) TaiHtgni auricodls Lk'htenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Yog., 1830, 2 (Mexico; see 



Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 57). 

 [rderict] auricoll'is Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 331. 

 /dm(/ fltincoWts Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., 1854, 380, 382. 

 Icteria velasquezi Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, 117 (Guatemala); 



Consp. Av., 1, 1850, 331.— Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1850, 298 



(Mexico); 1859, 363 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz), 373 (Playa Vicente, Oaxaca). — 



Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 12 (Guatemala). — Salvin, Il)is, 1866, 202. 



ICTERIA VIRENS LONGICAUDA ( Lawrenc 

 LONG-TAILED CHAT. 



Similar to I. v. virens^ but wing, tail, and hill lono-ev, tho tail alwa3\s, 

 or nearly alwa^'s, longor than wing, instead of the reverse; upper parts 

 more grayish olive-g-reen, usually more nearly gray than olive-green; 

 white of malar region much more extended, frequently occujning 

 entire malar area; yellow of under parts averaging deeper. 



Adult mnle.—l^engih (skins), 159-185 (172.S); wing, 75-84 (Tl>.l); 

 tail, 70.5-80 (81.4); exposed culmen, 1P,.5-15 (14.5); tarsus, ;^0-2S (i^0..5); 

 middle toe, 15-17.5 (10.1).^ 



Adult female.— ljQ,ngih (skins), 10;^-177 (107.2); wing, 7:-.-8o (77.0); 

 tail, 72-82 (78); exposed culmen, 13.. 5-15 (14.0); tarsus, 20-27 (20.4); 

 middle toe, 14. .5-10. 5 (15.3)."' 



Western United States, from near eastern ])order of the (ireat IMains 

 to the Pacific coast; north to North Dakota, Montiuia, Idaho, and east- 

 ern British Columbia (Sumas; Thompson River, below Ashcroft); 

 breeding southward over Mexican plateau to the vallej^ of Mexico; in 



' Twenty-three specimens. 

 • '■' Six specimens. 



Adult males (breeding birds) from different localities average, respectively, as 

 follows: 



Locality. 



Three adult males from eastern Colorado and Montana ... 



Five adult males from southern Arizona 



Five adult males from northern Calfornia 



Five adult males from western Texas , 



One adult male from lower Rio Grande Valley (Fort Brown 



Texas) 



Two adult males (breeding) from Nuevo Leon 



Two adult males (summer) from Valley of Mexico , 



Middle 

 tue. 



16 



15 7 

 1.5.9 

 10.4 



10.5 

 10. 2 

 17 



