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Cory on ihe Birds of the West Indies. 



Icterus portoricensis (Bkyant), 



Icterus dominicensis Taylor, Ibis, 1S64, p. 167. 



Icterus doininicejisis var. fortoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



X, p. 254 (1S66).— SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 597. 



— Bd. Bvvr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 182 (1874). 

 Petididinus portoricensis Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 58. 

 Icterus xcuithomiis Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrli. 1S69, p. 598. 

 Melanofsar portoriceusis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 32 (1870). 

 Icterus portoricensis ?>ci.. Si Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1S73).— 



ScL. Ibis, 18S3, p. 361.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (18S5). 

 XantJiornus portoricettsis Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. VII, p. 210 



(1S78). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black; abdomen, crissum, rump, and 

 under wing-coverts yellow; wing-coverts bright yellow, forming a 

 broad shoulder patch ; some of the feathers on the bellj' faintly 

 edged with yellowish ; primaries edged with dull white on the basal 

 portion of the inner webs; wings and tail dark brown. 



Immature males and females resemble those of/, dominicensis, and 

 go through the same varied stages of plumage. A greenish brown 

 specimen in my collection is labelled "adult female," but this is 

 probably incorrect. 



Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .95; bill, .67. 

 Habitat. Forto Rico. 



Icterus laudabilis Scl. 



Icterus laudabilis Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 270.— Scl. Si Salv. Nom. Avium 

 Neotr. p. 36 (1S73). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 

 (1880).— Scl. Ibis, 1S83, p. 361.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Mule: — General plumage glossy black; rump, thighs, lower 

 belly and lower half of back yellow, with a tinge of orange; under 

 wing-coverts, carpus, and lesser-coverts pale yellow; greater wing- 

 coverts edged with white on the inner webs; lower mandible bluish 

 at the base ; upper mandible and legs brownish black. 

 Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 3.85; tail, 3.75; tarsus, .90. 

 Habitat. Santa Lucia. 



Icterus cucuUatus Swains. 



Icterus cucuUatus Swains. Phil. Mag. 1827. p. 436.— Gundl. Repert. 



Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 286 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 127 (Cuba). 



—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1S85). 

 Hvphantes costototl Gvndl. ]. f. O. 1856, p. 11; ib. 1861, p. 413 (Cuba). 

 Yph antes bullockii Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) 



(Cuba). 



Recorded from Cuba. 



