Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. \0']\ 



Genus Dolichonyx Swains. 



DolicJiotiyx SwAiNSON, Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 351 (1827). 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). 



Emberiza oryzivora Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 311 (1766). 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 229 (1847). — Cab. J. f. O. 

 1856, p. II (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 

 (i860) (Cuba). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 74 (Jamaica). — Albrecht, 

 J. f. O. 1S62, p. 197 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, 

 I, p. 287 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1874, p. 129 (Cuba).— Cory, Bds. Baha- 

 ma I. p. 97 (18S0). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 

 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (18S5). 



Dolichonix oryzivora Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 57 (1850). 



Dolichonyx orizyvora Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119 (1S59) 

 (Bahamas). 



Dolichonyx orizivorus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 299 

 (Jamaica). 



Recorded from the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, and Grenada. 



Molothrjis bonariensls (Cab.) is recorded from Bisque, Vir- 

 gin Islands {Molofhr?is sericetis (Licht.) Newton, Ibis, 1S60, p. 

 308). It is a South American species. 



Genus Agelaius Vieill. 

 ^^c/a/«5 ViEiLLOT, Analyse, p. 33 (1S16). 



Agelaius humeralis (Vig.). 



Leistes humeralis Vig. Zool. Journ. Ill, p. 442 (1827). 



Icterus humeralis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 114, pi. 



5' (1 840). 

 AgelcEus humeralis Bp. Consp. I, p. 430 (1S50). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 



13. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 136 (1862). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium 



Neotr. p. 37 (1873).— ScL. Ibis, 1884, p. II.— Cory, List Bds. W. L 



p. 14(1885). 

 Agelaius humeralis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p, 307 (i860). 



—Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 288 (1S66) ; ib. J. f. O. 



1S74, p. 130.— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 33 (1870). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage uniform lustrous black, showing a 

 slight brownish tinge on the thighs and quills when held in the 

 light ; shoulders and lesser coverts dull orange brown, shading into 

 pale buffon the middle coverts; bill and feet black. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 4; tail, 3.15; tarsus, .95; bill, .60. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



