348 ICTERID.E. 



I have only one immature skin of this species before me, but I 

 believe it to be really distinct. 



a. (S jr. Paraguay (?). Sclater Coll. 



13. LEISTES. 



Type. _ 



Leistes, Stc. Zool. Journ. ii. p. 191 (1S2GJ L. guianensis. 



The two nearly allied species which form this group come very near 

 Ageloius in structure, while they closely imitate the Lark -like genus 

 Trupialis in plumage. The chief point of difference from Agelceus 

 appears to lie in the shorter tail, in which the shafts of the 

 feathers are sliglitly denuded at the tips and somewhat spiny. 



1. Leistes guianensis. 



Oriolus guianensis et Tanagra militaris, Linn. S. N. i. pp. 162, 316. 



Oriolus americanus, Gin. 8. N. i. p. 386. 



Agelaius militaris, Fieill. Gal. Ois. i. p. 128, pi. 88. 



Trupialis guianensis, Bp. Consj). i. p. 430 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. 

 p. 260. 



Pedotribes guianensis. Cab. 3fus. Hein. i. p. 191. 



Leistes guianensis, Sd. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 19 (Bogota) et p. 265 

 (Santarem) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 138 ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 21 ; Taylor., 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 84 (Trinidad); Sd. et Salv. F.Z.8. 1867, p. '573 

 (Para) et p. 750 (Xeberos), 1809, p. 252 (Venezuela), 1873, p. 267 

 (Xeberos) ; iid. Nomend. p. 38 ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 176, 

 191 ( Veragua) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 576 (Trinidad) ; Laijard, 

 Ibis, 1873, p. 381 (Para) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. ii. p. 427 ; Salv. Ibis, 

 1885, p. 218 (Brit. Guian.). 



Leistes militaris, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 14. 



Leistes erythrothorax, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 197 (1871) ; Sd. et Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 38. 



Brownish black ; bend of the wing and body beneath down to 

 the middle of the belly scarlet ; bill black ; feet clear brown: whole 

 length 6'5 inches, wing 3-2, tail 2-3. Female. Above pale brown, 

 variegated with black ; beneath pale brown, tinged with scarlet on 

 the middle of the belly ; iianks, lower belly, and crissum with 

 black striations ; tail pale cinereous brown, with black cross bands. 



Hub. Veragua, and southwards over Colombia, Venezuela, 

 Trinidad, Guiana, and Amazonia. 



a, b. S ad. sk. ; c, Mina Chorcha, Chiriqui, Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



d. 5 ad. sk. Veragua {Arce). 



e. c? ad. sk. Panama {McLeannan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/'. 9 ad. sk. Guayaquil. Capt. Kellett and Lt. 



Wood [P.]. 



g. S ad. sk. Bogota. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. 5 ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. 



h .?• d 2 ad- sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



k, I. S 2 ^^- ^^- Trinidad. Sclater Coll. 



m, w. c? 2 ad. sk. Roraima, Brit. Giiiaua Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 ( Whitehj). 



