Cory on ihe Birds of the West Indies. I05 



Icterus leucopteryx (Wagl.). 



Psarocolius leucopteryx Wagl. Syst. Av. Sp. 16. 



Icterus personatus Temm. PI. Coi. sub tab. p. 4S2 (1S20-39). — Bp. Consp. 



I. P- 435 (1850). 

 Icterus leucopteryx GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 226 (1847). — ^^- Consp. I, p. 



436 (1850). — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 34 (1S62). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 



1S62, p. 197. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 299. — Scl. 



& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1S73). — A. Si. E. Newton, 



Handb. Jamaica, p. 104 (iSSi). — Scl. Ibis, 1883, p. 374. — Cory, 



List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885). 

 Pendulinus leucopteryx Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 59. 

 Melanopsar leucopteryx Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 32 (1S70). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Throat, forehead, and in front of the eyes black ; upper 

 phimage yellowish green ; underparts yellow; wings and tail black; 

 wing-coverts pure white ; showing a broad patch of white on the 

 wing. 



Female: — Black markings replaced by brownish black ; tail pale 

 greenish yellow instead of black ; otherwise resembles the male. 

 Length (skin), 7.75; wing, 4.20; tail, 3.25 ; tarsus, .90; bill, .78. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Icterus spurius (Linn.). 



Oriolus spurius Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 162 (1766). 



Icterus spurius GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 286 (1S66) ; 

 ib.']. f. O. 1874, p. 127 (Cuba).— Cory, ListBds. W. L p. 13 (1885). 



Accidental in Cuba. 



Icterus oberi Lawr. 



Icterus oberi Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. Ill, p. 351 (1880). — Grisdale, 

 Ibis, 18S2, p. 487. pi. XIII.— Scl. Ibis, 1883, p. 362.— Cory, List 

 Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885). 



'■^Alale: — Head, neck, upper part of breast, back, wings and tail 

 black; lower part of breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts and rump 

 light brownish chestnut, with the concealed bases of the feathers of 

 a clear light yelloAv ; the thighs are yellow with a wash of chestnut; 

 edge of wing and under wing-coverts yellow; bill black, Avith the 

 sides of the under mandible bluish for half its length from the base; 

 tarsi and toes black. 



"Length (skin), 8i inches; wing, 3!; tail, 4; tarsus, \\ bill, \. 



"The female has the upper plumage of a dull greenish olive, with 

 a yellowish tinge, the front and rump inclining more to yellow; the 



