Io8 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Agelaius xanthomus Scl. 



Agclaius chyysof terns Vieill. Nouv. Diet. 34, p. 539. — GuNDL. Anal. Soc. 



Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 211 (1878) ; ib. J. f. O. 1878, p. 177. 

 Icterus xantho7nus ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 131 (1862). — Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 



p. 16S.— Bryant, Pr. Best. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 254 (1866). 

 Hyphantes xattthomtis Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 63. 

 Agelceiis chrysoptcrus Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 597. — 



Scl. &. Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 37 (1873). 

 Agelceus xanthomus Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 12. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 



(1S85). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage lustrous black ; shoulders and coverts 

 bright golden yellow; quills and tail showing a faint brownish tinge, 

 apparently wanting in some specimens. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 8; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .95; bill, .60. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.). 



Oriolus phceniceus Linn. Sj'st. Nat. I, p. 161 (1766). 



Agelceus phoeniceus Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 11 (Cuba). — Cory, Bds. Baha- 

 ma I. p. 98 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1885). 



./4^f/a/«.';///dB^//cc«5 Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119(1859) 

 (Bahamas). 



Not uncommon in the Bahama Islands where it probably breeds. 

 Cuba.? 



Agelaius assimilis Gundl. 



Agelaius assimilis GuNDL. in Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 64 (1850) ; ib. J. f. O. 



1856, p. 12; ib. 1861, pp. 332,413; ib. 1874, p. 131. — Brewer, Pr. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 



33 (1S70). 

 Agelaius phceniceus var. assimilis Coues, Bds. N. W. p. 186 (1S74). — Bd. 



BwR. & RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 159 (1874). 

 Agelceus assimilis Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 10. — Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 14 



(18S5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Similar to Agelceus phoeniceus, but somewhat smaller. 

 Female: — Entirely black; showing a brownish tinge on the head, 

 back, and breast. 



Length (skin), 7-75; wing, 3.75; tail. 3; tarsus, i; bill, .75. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



