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SINGING BIRDS— OSCINES. 



rounded ; tlio first (]uill longer than tlie sccondarios. Tail graduated ; above olive, be- 

 neath yellow. Abdomen, eyelid^i, maxillary patch, and line to the bill, ivhite. 



/. virenx. 



But one well-established species Leloiigs to this genus, although several 

 have been indicated by authors 



Icteria longicauda, Lawrence. 



THE LONG-TAILED CHAT. 



Icteria longicamla, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VI. iv. Ap. 1853,4. — Newberkt, P. K. 

 Rep. Vl. iv. 81 ; pi. 34, f. 2. — Baikd, T. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 249. — IIeermann, X. 

 vi. 55. 



? Icteria auricoll is (Liciit. Mus. Bcr.), Bo.XAr.iETE, Consp. 1850, .331. 



Sp. CiiAR F(]iirlli (piill longest; third and fifth shorter; first shorter than the seventh. 

 Above ash-color, tinged ivith olive on the back and neck; the outer surface of the wings 

 and tail olive. Tlie under parts as far as the middle of the belly bright gamboge yellow, 

 with a tinge of orange ; the remaining ])ortions white The superciliary and ma.xillarv 



wliite stripes extend some distance behind the eye. Outer edge of the first primary 

 white. Length, 7.00 ; extent, 8 .50 ; wing, 3, 20 ; tail, 3 70. 



Hah. High central plains of the United States to the Pacific ; south to ^lexico ; north 

 to Walla-walla. 



