BIRDS — ICTERIDAE — AGELAIU8. 



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List of specimens. 



Localily. 



WIT 

 9336 

 9334 

 4365 

 536» 

 4655 

 5327 

 56*4 

 5681 

 5678 

 5011 



5009 



5013 

 4967 

 4966 

 6759 

 8761 

 8763 

 4580 

 4585 

 4583 

 do. 

 45« 

 6764 



V 



9 

 (? 

 •<? 

 9 

 S 

 Q 

 9 

 <? 

 3 

 <? 



9 

 9 



When col- 

 luded. 



Cariiilc, ra April 30,1844 



do Miy 2«,18-I4 



do April 2,1844 



PhUadelphia 



rndepondcnce, Mo June 30,1857 



do June 20,1857 



Fort lUli-y, K. T. 



Loup fork . 

 do.... 



.do.. 



MouUi of Yellow.'ione 



do , 



Port Pierre 



Medicine Uill 



Platte river 



do 



Pole creek, Neb. T.... 

 Pecos crossing, Tcxeis. 



Devil's river, Texas... 



Aug. 3, 1857 



do 



Aug. 1,1857 

 July 23,1856 

 July 2-3,1656 

 May 3,1855 

 June 24, 1856 

 July 16,1856 



do 



July 24, 1856 

 May 8, 1855 



May 4, 1855 



Rio Frio, Texas April 21 , 1855 



Fort Cliad'iourne, Texas 



do ! 



Eagle pass, Texas... 

 Los Nogaleti, Mexico 



Fort Yuuia, Cal 



, do 



do ! Jim. 28,1855 



Whence obtained. 



Orlg'l Collected by— Length. 



I No. 



.do.. 



Colorado river, Cal. . 



Gila river, N. M 



~ i'-'ramento valley, . 



,.do. 



Dec. 6,1854 



S. P. Baird 



do 



, do 



0. Drrilcr 



Wm. M. Magraw.., 

 do 



Dr. Ilnniniond and 

 J. X. du Vcsoy. 



Lt. Warren 



do 



do 



do 



do , 



Col. Vauglian 



Ll. Warren 



Lt. Bryan 



do 



do 



Capt. Pope 



. do. 



do 



Dr. Snifl 



do 



Major Emory... 



do 



Lt. Williamson.. 

 Major Emory . . . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Lt. Williamson . 



117 

 115 

 149 

 106 



C9 



Dr. Oooper . 

 do .... 



Dr. llaydcn. 

 do 



.do., 



do 



do , 



do 



do 



W. S. Wood. 



do 



do 



Stretch Wing, 

 of wings. 



8.00 

 8.00 



8.00 

 7.75 



13.66 

 13.50 



13.75 

 13.00 



7.50 

 6.75 

 7.12 

 8.00 



7.75 



A. Scliolt 



Dr. Kcinierly. 

 Dr. Hecrmann 

 A. Scliolt 



.do.. 



do 



do 



do 



Dr. Heermann. 



13.75 

 12.62 

 12.25 

 13.50 



4.41 

 4.41 



4.50 

 4.25 



4.25 

 3.87 

 4.00 

 4.37 



4.0O 



Iris dark lirtiwn . 

 , do 



.do., 

 .do.. 



Eyes dark br-n ; gums 

 yellow ; feel gray. 



Eyes bPk ; gums blue ; 

 feet gray. 



AGELAIUS, Vieillot. 



^gelaitu, Vieillot, "Analyse, 1816." Type Oriolus phoeniceus, L. 



Cu. — First quill shorter than second ; claws short ; the outer lateral scarcely reaching the base of the middle. Culmen 

 depressed at base, parting the frontal feather's ; length equal to that of the head, shorter than tarsus. Both mandibles of equal 

 thickness and acute at lip, the edges much curved, the culmen, gonys, and commissure nearly straight or slightly sinuated ; the 

 length of bill about twice its height. Tail moderate, r ounded, or very slightly graduated. Wingspointed, reaching to end of 

 lower tail coverts. Colors black with red shoulders in North American species. 



The nostrils are small, oblong, overhung by a membranous scale. The bill is higher than 

 broad at the base. There is no division between the anterior tarsal scutellae and the single 

 plate on the outside of the tarsus. 



The Agelaius tderocep/tato of North America (type of genus Xantlwceplialus) differs from true 

 Agelaius in a nearly even tail. The claws are considerably larger, and the inner lateral reaches 

 to the middle of the middle claw. The first primary is longest. 



