3;38 kterid-t;. 



Above dull brown, with slight metallic reflections; below paler; 

 superciliaries whitish. 



Hah. Venezuela and Colombia. 



Except in its larger size, this species is hardly different from 

 M. honariensis. 



Salvin-riodTnan Coll. 

 Salvin-Godiuan C(j11. 



a. (S ad. sk. 

 i, c. c? 2 ad. sir. 



d,e. S 9- ^^- ^'^• 



/. (S ad. sk. 



g, h. S $ ad. sk. 

 'i. (S jr. sk. 

 J. cJ ad. sk. 



A;, /. (S ad. sk. 



Arihueca, U. S. C. (Siinom). 

 MedelHn, Antioquia, U. S. C. 



(Salmon). 

 Medellin, Antioquia, U. S. C. 



(Salmon). 

 Barranqiulla, U. S. C. (Ber- 



lepscli ) . 

 Boo'ota. 



Bogota (Ward). 

 Caracas, Venezuela (Bou- 



ca7-d). 

 Trinidad. 



Sclater Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



8. Molothrus rufo-axillaris. 



Icterus brevirostris, d'Orb. et Lafr. Stjn. ii. p. 7 (18.88) ? 



Molothrus rufo-axillaris, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 186C^, p. 23 ; Scl. 

 et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 140; iid. Notiiend. p. 37; Hudson, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 161 ; Dw-nford, Ibis, 1877, p. 174 ; White, P. Z. S. 

 1882, p. 601 ; Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 7. 



Silky black, washed with purple ; wings and tail with a slight 

 greenish gloss ; a chestnut spot on the axillaries ; bill and feet 

 black : whole length 8 inches, wing 4-5, tail 3-3. Female similar, 

 but rather smaller. Young. Pale brown, wings margined with 

 chestnut. 



Hah. Argentine Republic, from Catamarca to the Rio Negro of 

 Patagonia. 



a. S ad. sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayres (Hud- 



son). 



b. (5' ad. sk. Buenos Ayres (Hudson). 



c. (S ad. sk. Quilmes, Arg. Rep. (Hudson), 

 d-i. Jr. sk. Quilmes, Arg. Rep. (Hudson). 



j. S ad. sk. Rio Negro of Patagonia (Hudson). 



k. $ ad. sk. Rio Negro of Patagonia (Hudson). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Sclater Coll. 



9. Molothrus badius. 



Tordo pardo-roxizo, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 290. 



Ao'elaius badius, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxiv. p. 535; id. Enc. 3Ieth. 



p. 711. 

 Icterus badius, d'Orb. et Lafr. Sj/n. Av. ii. p. 7 (Bolivia). 

 Molothrus badius, Cab. 3Ius. He'in. i. p. 193 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 135 ; 



id. Ibi.% 1884, p. 8 ; Hudson, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 163 (nesting) ; Scl. 



et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 140 (Buenos Ayres), et 1879, p. 608 



(Bolivia) ; iid. Nomencl p. 37 ; Dnrnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 174. 

 Bolichonyx badius, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 15. 

 Agelaius'fringillarius, Gould, Zool. Voy. ' Beagle,' Birds, p. 107. 



