336 



1872, p. 809, et 1874, pp. 153 et seqq. (Bueuos Ayres) ; Berlepsch, 

 Jutirn. f. Orn. 1873, p. 249 (Santa Catharina) ;" Durnford, Ibis, 

 1877, pp. 33, 174 (Chupat) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 339 (Pemam- 

 buco) ; White, F. Z. S. 1883, p. 601 (Arg. Rep.). 



Tordo comuu, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 275. 



Icterus seiiceus, Licht. Douhl. p. 19 ; Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 225. 



Molotlirus sericeus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 437 yNeioton, Ibis, 1860, p. 308 ; 

 Feh. Orn. Bras. p. 200 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 135. 



Molobrus sericeus, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 279 ; id. La-Plata Reise, 

 ii. p. 494; Sternb. J.f. O. 1869, p. 125. 



Scolecopliagus sericeus, Siv. An. in Menag. p. 301. 



Icterus minor, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 07, pi. 63. fig. 2 (?). 



Icterus violaceus. Max. Beitr. iii. p. 1212. 



Molotlirus niger, Gould, Zool. Vot/. ' Beagle,' iii. p. 107. 



Passerina discolor, Vieill. N. D. d'H. N. xxxiv. p. 552 ; id. Erie. Meth. 

 p. 939. 



Uniform shining purplish black ; on wings and tail not so bright ; 

 bill and feet black : whole length 7"5 inches, wing 4-5, tail 3. 

 Female. Dark ashy brown, beneath paler ; bill and feet black ; 

 slightly smaller in size. 



Hah. Argentine Eepublic, Patagonia, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Brazil. 



a, b. <S ad. sk. ; 



c, d. 2 ad. sk. 

 e,f. S $ ad. sk. 

 g. cJ jr. sk. 

 h. S jr- sk. ; i. 



2 ad. sk. 

 7, A;, d 2 ad. sk. 

 'I. 2 ad. St. 



»», n. S ad. sk. 

 0. c? ad. sk. 

 p. S jr- sk. 



q, r, s. S, 6 .jr., 



et 2 sk. 

 t. S ad. sk. 

 II. S ad. sk. 

 V, w. (S ad. sk. 

 X. <S ad. sk. ; y. 



djr.sk. 

 s, a . (S ad. sk. ; 



b'. S jr- sk. 

 c'. 2 ad. sk. 

 d', e'. (S ad. sk. 



/'. (5 ad. sk. 



(/'. (S ad. sk. 



/(', i'. 6 2 ad. sk. 

 j'. 2 ad. sk. 

 k'. c? ad. St. 

 r. Skeleton. 



Coiicbitas, Buenos Ayi-es 



(Hudson). 

 Buenos Ayres (Haslehurst). 

 Punta Lara, Ai-g. Rep. 

 Pampas of Ai-g. Rep. (Leybold). 



Mendoza, Arg. Rep. 

 Maldonado, Uruguay 



{Darzoin). 

 Uruguay. 



Straits of Magellan (King). 

 Rio Negro of Patagonia 



(Hudson). 

 Chupat, Patagonia. 



Nihuasa, Bolivia (Pearce). 



Bolivia. 



' "eara, N. Brazil (Jesse). 



Ceara, N. Brazil (Jesse). 



Sclater CoU. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 H. Durnford [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Sir W. Burnett and 

 Capt. Fitzroy [P.]. 

 Alan Peel [C.j. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 



H. Durnford [C.]. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 T. Bridges [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



Pernambuco, Brazil (Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). 

 Novo Fribourgo, Rio de 



Janeiro (Youds). 

 Joanna Leite, S. Brazil 



( Natter er). 

 Rio Claro, Goyaz, Brazil 



(Joyner). 

 Brazil. 

 Brazil. 

 Brazil. 

 Buenos AjTes (?). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



M. Claussen [P.]. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 



