12. AGELJ.US. 339 



Brownish cinereous, beneath rather paler ; wings chestnut ; tips 

 of primaries, inner portions of secondaries, and tail blackish ; bill 

 black ; feet dark brown : whole length 7'G inches, wing 3'5, tail 3 

 Female similar. 



Hal). Argentine Eepublic, Paraguay, and Bolivia. 



a. S ad. sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayres Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Hiulsoti). 



b. Ad. sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayres Sclater Coll. 



(Jludf:on). 



c. 2 ad. sk. Quilmes, Arg. Rep. (Ilud.son). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Quilmes, Arg. Rep. (Hudson). Sclater Coll. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yuugas, Bolivia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Buckley), 

 q, h. Ad. sk. Bolivia. T. Bridges [C.]. 



i. Ad. St. Brazil (?). Pm-chased. 



10. Molothrus fringillarius. 



Icteiiis fringillarius, 8pix, Av. Bras. i.p.68,t.6o (1824). 

 Doliclionyx fuscipeniiis, Ccissin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil, 1866, p. 16. 

 Molothrus fringillarius, Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 8. 



Above cinereous, W'ith a strong rufescent tinge, space round the 

 eye and ear-coverts darker ; wings blackish, with bright rufous 

 margins : below paler, rather more cinereous ; tail blackish brown, 

 with slight rufescent edgings ; bill and feet black : whole length 

 6*8 inches, wing 3*5, tail 2-6. 



ITab. Campos of Brazil. 



Although closely allied to M. badius, this species is at once recog- 

 nizable on comparison by its pale sandy colour, brown tail, and the 

 lesser amount of rufous on the wings. 



a. Ad. sk. Peruambuco, Brazil (Forbes). Sclater Coll. 



12. AGEL.ffiUS. 



Agelaius, VtetUot, At^alyse, p. 33 (1816) A. phceniceus. 



Chrysomus, Sw. Class. Birds, ii. p. 274 (^1837) .... A. icterocephalus. 



Xanthosomus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 189 (1851). ... A. icterocephalus. 



Ao-elasticus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 188 (1851) A. thilius. 



Thilius, Bp. Compt. Bend, xxxvii. p. 833 (1853) . . A. thilius. 



Eiythropsar, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 17 . . A . ruficapillus. 



As here arranged Agelans embraces some 14 species distributed 

 throughout the Ncarctic and Neotropical Regions, generally of mode- 

 rate size and black plumage, more or less varied with reds or j-ellows. 

 Agelceiis has a longer bill than the two preceding genera, and the 

 culraen is always quite straight, with the mesorbiuium occasionally 

 slightly flattened. 



The A(jela'i nest generally in society, and build open cup-shaped 

 nests in marshy places in the reed-beds or dwarf shrubs. The eggs 

 are usually pale bluish, spotted with various shades of red. 



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