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Eah. N. America, and southwards throughout Mexico to Vera 

 Cruz and Oaxaca. 



The resident form in Texas, Lower California, Arizona, and 

 ^Yestern Mexico is smaller in dimensions. But some examples 

 from Vera Cruz appear to be nearly as large as the northern bird. 



rt, 6. cJ 5 ^^- ®^- 



c. Jr. sk. 



d. (5' ad. sk. 

 e,f.S ?ad. sk. 

 g. 2 ad. sk. 



h, i. (S $ ad. sk. 

 j. 2 jr. sk. 

 k. $ ad. sk. 

 I. ^ ad. sk. 



m. S ad. sk. 

 n. 2 ad. sk. 

 o. 2 ad. sk. 



p. 2 ad. sk. 

 q-t. Ad. sk. 



a. (S ad. sk. 

 6, c. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 d,e.(S 2 ^^- ^^^ 



a. Subsp. tijpica. 

 Fort Dufferin, N. America. 



Platte River, N. A. 



Illinois {Nelson). 



Illinois (Coale). 



Indiana. 



Oyster Bay, Long Island. 



Distr. Colombia, U. S. A. ( Coues). 



Distr. Colombia, U. S. A. {Coues). 



Fort Bridger, Utah, U, S. {Drex- 



ler). 

 North America {Bell). 

 North America. 

 Kendall Co., Texas (iV. C. 



Broivn). 

 Jalapa {cle Oca). 

 Cozumel I., Yucatan {G. F. 



Gaumer). 



b. Subsp. obscura. 



City of Mexico. 



Mazatlan, W. Mexico {Forrer). 



Mazatlau, W. Mexico {Forrer). 



I 2. Molothrus seneus. 



N. A. Bound. Comm. 



[P.]. 

 U.S. Nat. Mas. [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe's Coh. 

 R. B. Sharpe [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe's Coll. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. [P. J. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



Psarocolius seneus, Waql. Isis, 1829, p. 758; Bp. Consp. i. p. 426. 



Molothrus jeneus. Cab.' Mus. Hem. i. p. 192 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 300 (Cordova, Mex.), 1859, p. 365 (Jalapa) et p. 391 (Oaxaca) ; 

 id. Cat. A. B. p. 135 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 4 ; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 34 (Guatemala) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 37 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 

 1866, p. 18 ; Oiuen, Ibis, 1861, p. 61 (eggs) ; Cab. J. f. O. 1861, 

 p. 81 (Costa Rica) ; Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Oni. CI. 1877,* p. 85 (Rio 

 Grande) ; Seiuiett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. vol. iv. p. 23 (Rio 

 Grande); Coues, Check-list (1882), p. 62; id. KeyN.A.B. (1884) 

 p. 403 ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 281 (N.W. Mexico) ; 

 Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 445 (Yucatan). 



Molothrus robustus. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 193. 



Dark greenish satiny black ; wings and tail purplish ; bill and 

 feet black : whole length 8-3 inches, wing 4-8, tail 3-4. Female. 

 Smaller ; blackish ; wings and tail glossed with purplish, and with 

 slight purphsh reflections on the back. 



Hab. Mexico, Yucatan, Guatemala, and south to Veragua. 



The females from Western Mexico appear to be much paler in 

 colouring than the normal birds, but I do not find much diiference 

 in the adult males. 



