276 SINGING BIRDS — OSCINES. 



Icterus parisorum, Bonaparte. 



SCOTT'S ORIOLE. 



Icterus parisorum, 'Bos xrxRTY., Pr. Zool. Soc. V. IS^T, lii'.i. — B.viUD, Birds N. Amcr. 544. 



— Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1867, 54 ; pi. 61, f. 1. In. Mc.\. I3uuiul. Kqi. i.l. 19. 

 Icterus iiieltviorliri/sura. Lesson, Hcv. Zool. 1839, lOj. 

 IcIlius Scuiti, Coircii, Pr. A. N. Sc. Pliil. 1854, 66. 



Sp. Char. Bill attomiatud ; not innch cU'ciu-\ cd ; tail moilcrately graduated. Antorior 

 lialf of body, or head and neek, baek and breast, black. Alidomen and rnni|) \-ellow, tlie 

 latter generally tinged with greenish. Wings blaek, the greater eovcrts widely tijijx'd 



with white, shorter quills wideh- edged with white. Middle feathers of the tail lilack, 

 with their bases yellow ; otlK>r feathers of the tail with their basal two thirils yellow, ter- 

 minal one third blaek. Bill dark horn-color, base of under mandible i)ale blue ; legs 

 bhiish-brown. Bill straight, rather slender, pointed, culnien distinctly j-idged ; legs rather 

 strong ; wing long, third (juill longest ; tail moderate. 



Achdt male. Total length about 7.00 to 8.00 inches; wing, 4.00 to 4.25 ; tail, 3.50 to 

 3.75 inches. 



Youiu/cr. Entire head and back dark brown ; rump greenish-yellow, under parts of 

 body dull pale yellow ; tail olive-green ; outer feathers greenish-yellow at base ; wings dull 

 brown ; coverts tii)ped with white. Total length, 7.00. 



Ilab. Southern border of United States from the mouth of the Kio Grande to Cape St. 

 Lucas. South into Mexico. 



This specie.s i.s abundant at (_'ape St. Lucas, and has been found at rare 

 intervals all along the southern border of the United States as far east as 

 Te.xas. Nothing distinctive is known of its habits. I saw a bird at Fort 

 MojavC; in April, which I supposed to be this, but could not obtain it. 



