12. AGEL^US. 345 



Meth. p. 719; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 5; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc Phil 

 1866, p. 12; Felz. Orn. Bras. p. 196; Scl. et Salv. JVomencL 

 p. 3/ ; Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 13, pi. i. 



Icterus cyanopus, d'Orh. et Lafr. Syn. Av. ii. p. 5. 



Leistes unicolor, Stv. An. in Menag. p. 304 (1838). 



Uniform black ; bill black ; feet dark brown : whole length 7-5 

 inches, wing 3-7, tail 3. Ftmale. Above brown, with obscure 

 black striations ; below yellowish fulvous, with slight blackish 

 striations ; crissum brown ; wings narrowly edged with rufous. 



Bah. South Brazil and Paraguay. 



a. (S ad. sk. Parana, Brazil {Katterer). Sclater Coll 



b. 2 ad. sk. Aragua, Brazil {Natterer). Sclater Coll'. 



c. 6 ad. sk. ; d. S Brazil. Sclater Coll. 

 jr. sk. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/. 2 ad. St. Para (?). R. Graham [P.! 



9, h. 2 ad. St. Brazil. Purchased. • 



10. Agelaeus forbesi, sp. nov. 



Agelaius pustulatus, Siv. An. in Men. p. 303 (?). 

 Aphohus chopi ?, Forbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 339. 



Uniform black ; feathers of head and neck lanceolate and with 

 shining shafts ; mesorhinium much flattened ; tail very slightly 

 rounded; bill and feet black: whole length 8 inches, wing'' 3-9, 

 tail o' /. 



Hab. Pernambuco, Brazil. 



The typical specimen was obtained by Forbes near Pernambuco 

 in 1881, and after cursory examination somewhat doubtfully re- 

 ferred to Aphohus chopi. It has, however, nothing to do with 

 Aphohus, having a perfectly straight culmen and the mesorhinium 

 flattened, and must either be placed in Agelceus or in a genus by 

 Itself. It may possihhj be the Agelceus pustulatus of Swainson, as 

 the base of the lower mandible is bare and there are some slight 

 indications on it of what might be termed " warts." But, on the 

 other hand, the lores are feathered, and the bill does not at all 

 agree with the outline given in Swainson's flgure, so that unless 

 Swainson's type can be found it would be unsafe to adopt his 

 name. 



«. Jr. sk. Pernambuco {Forbes). Sclater Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 



11. Agelseus icterocephalus. 



Oriolus icterdcepLalus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 163. 



Chrysomus icterocephalus, S^c. Class. Birds, ii. p. 274; Bp Co7iy} 

 i. p. 43] ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 18; Cab. in Schomb.' Guian 

 ^ lii. p. 681 ; Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad, p. 281. 



Xauthosomus icterocephalus. Cab. Mns. Ilein.i. p. 189; Scl Cat A 

 B. p. 13(i; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 1.5 ; Scl. ct Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 182 

 (Ucayali), 1867, p. 573 (Lower Amazons) et p. 978 (Pebas) 



