BIEDS — ICTERIDAE— ICTERUS WAGLERI. 



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List of specimetis. 



Cnbil Sex & 

 No. Ago. 



Locality. 



When collected. Whence obtaiined. 



Orig. 

 No. 



liength. 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



Wing. 



Ueinarlig. 



405'= 



4057 

 10293 



c? Sta. Catarina, New April — , 1853 

 Leon, Mex. 1 



od" 



.Jo. 



.do. 



Pecos river, Tex... 1856 Cnpt. J. Pope 



Lt. D. N. Couch. 



.do. 



185 



191 



8.25 



8.00 



11.75 



12.00 



4.00 



4.00 



Eyes brown, bill 

 black and blue, 

 feet blue lead. 



ICTERUS WAGLERT, S c 1 a t e r . 



lelmis troj/fri, Sclateb, Pr. Zool. Sec. 1857, 7. 

 Psarocoliusjlavigasttr, Wagler, Isis, 1829, 756. (Not of Vieillot.) 

 Pendulinus doniinceiin^, Bp. Consp. 1850, 432. (Not of Linn.) 



Sr. Ch. — Bill much attenuated and considerably decurved. Tail considerably graduated. Head and neck all round, back, 

 (the color extending above over the whole interscapular region,) wings, and tail, including tlie whole of the lower coverts and 

 the tips of the upper, black. Lesser and middle upper, with lower wing coverts, hinder part of back, rump, and under parts 

 generally, (except tail coverU,) orange yellow. Length 9.50 inches ; extent, 12 ; wing, 4.50 ; tail, 4.25 ; tarsus, 1.15. 



Hab. — Nortlieastern Mexico to Rio Grande valley ; south to Guatemala. 



In this species the bill is slender, and very similar to that of /. cucullatus. The tail is long, 

 much graduated ; the outer feather an inch shorter than the inner. The feathers are very 

 broad, measuring three-quarters of an inch ; the difference in this respect, when compared 

 with /. auduhonii, is very striking. 



There is no yellow on the black tipped feathers. The orange yellow varies very little in 

 different parts of the body. The quills and tail feathers are entirely black to their bases. The 

 whole outer surface of the wing is pure black, except the yellow coverts. The tips of the 

 posterior upper tail coverts are black ; the whole of the lower are black except for a short dis- 

 tance beliind the anus. 



This species is quite similar in external form and size to Icterus auduhonii, but the bill is 

 much more slender and decurved. 



The third and fourth quills are longest ; the second longer than the fifth ; the first interme- 

 diate between the fifth and sixth. 



A specimen from Guatemala (8089) is considerably smaller than that described, thougli other- 

 wise similar. 



The rectification of synonymy, as quoted above, I borrow from Mr. Sclater's article. 



List of specimens. 



Jnne 25, 1858. 



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