342 ictekidj:. 



Glossy black ; lesser wing-coverts crimson, without or with 

 scarcely any oehraceous border ; bill and feet black. 



Hah. Pacific coasts of N. America, and south to Southern Mexico. 



a. (S ad. St. California. Sir E. Belcher [P.], 



h. S iid. sk. San Francisco, Cal. {Cutts). U.S. Nat.Mns. [P.]. 



c. (S ad. sk. California {Bell). Sclater Coll. 



d. cJ jr. sk. Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. {Hm- U.S. Nat. Mas. [P.]. 



shnic). 



e. Ad. sk. Jplapa, Mexico {de Oca). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 y, (7. Ad. et jr. sk. Jalapa, Mexico (f/e Oca). Sclater Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Orizaba, Mexico {Botteri). Sclater Coll. 



i. $ ad. St. Mexico. J. Gould, Esq. 



4. Agelaeus tricolor. 



Icterus tricolor, Aiid. Orn. Biugr. v. p. 1 (1839) ; Nuttall, 3Ian. i. 



(2nd edit.) p. 186. 

 Agelaius tricolor, B}). Comp. ^ Geoyr. List, p. 29 ; Arid. Syn. p. 141 



(1839) ; id. Birds Am. iv. p. 27, pi. ccxiv. (1842) ; Baird, Birds 



N. Am. p. 530 (1858) ; Baird, Brew., et Bidi/io. N. A. B. ii. p. 105 ; 



Cooper, Orn. Cal. i. p. 265 (1870) ; Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 11; Cuues, 



Key N. A. B. (1884) p. 404. 

 Agelaius phoeniceus, var. tricolor, Cones, Key, p. 150 ; id. B. N.- W. 



p. 180. 



Glossy black ; lesser wing-coverts blood-red, with a distinct white 

 border below ; bill more slender than in A. ■plioeniceus : whole length 

 8'5 inches, wing 4-9, tail 2-5. 



Hah. Coast-district of California and Oregon. 



a. cJ ad. sk. California {Hepburn). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. J ad. sk. California. Sclater Coll. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Santa Barbara, Cal. {Henshatv). U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



d. S ad. sk. Stockton, Cal. {Beldiny). U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



5. Agelaeus humeralis. 



Leistes humeralis, Vig. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 442. 



Icterus humeralis, d'Orb. in La Sayra's Cuba, Ois. p. 91, pi. xx. 



Agelaeus humeralis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 4.30 ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1850, p. 13, 

 1861, p. 332, 1874, p. 1.30, et 1878, p. 177; Pcbeln, Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 28 ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 136 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 11 ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 37 ; Poey, Rep. F.-N. i. p. 288. 



Glossy black ; wing-coverts yellowish-brown with a paler border 

 below ; bill and feet black : whole length 7 inches, wing 4*2, 

 tail 3"2. Female similar, but rather smaller, and wing-coverts 

 mixed with black. 



Hah. Cuba. 



a, b. S fid. sk. San Cristobal, Cuba. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. (5 ad. sk. Cuba {Poey). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(7. cf ad. sk. Cuba. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e,f. cJ ad sk Cuba. Sclater Ct>ll. 



y. J ad. sk. Cuba {Bryant). Mrs. Bryant [P.]. 



