364 ICTEEID^. 



C. Bill stout, conical, culmen and gonj'S nearly straight; tail slightly 

 rounded. (Icterus.) 

 h. Sides of head below the eye black. 

 Interscapulium black : 



j middle coverts white 30. vulf/a7-is, p. 382. 



I middle coverts black 31. jamacaii, p. 383. 



h'. Interscapulium orange 32. croconotus, p. 383. 



i. Sides of head yellow or orange. 



i' . Interscapulium black; no pectoral spots. 



I Larger : bill robust 33. gtdaris, p. 384. 



I Smaller : bill weaker 34. sclateri, p. 385. 



_;'. Interscapulium black ; breast spotted . 35. pectoralis, p. 385. 

 k'. Interscapulium yellow spotted with 



black 36. pustulatus, p. 386. 



r. Interscapulium wholly yellow 37. graysoni, p. 387. 



m'. Interscapulium yellowish olive .... 38. leucopteryx, p. 387. 



1. Icterus baltimore. 



Oriolus baltimore, Linn. S. iV. i. p. 162 : Lath. Inch Orn. i. p. 180 ; 



Wih. Am. Orn. i. p. 23, pi. 1. fig. 3, et vi. p. 88, pi. 58. fig. 4. 

 Icterus baltimore, Daud. Tr. d'Orn. ii. p. 348 ; B}?. P. Z. S. 1837, 



p. 116 ; L'oird, B. N. Am. p. 548; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 353 



(Panama) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 36 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 176 ; id. Ibis, 



1883, p. 354 ; Baird, Breicer, et Ridc/iv. N. A. B. ii. p. 195 ; Scdv. 



et Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 123 (Santa Marta). 

 Yphantes baltimore, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 708 ; id. Gal. Ois. i. p. 124, 



pi. 87 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 432. 

 Icterus baltimorensis, Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 20 ; iid. P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 279, et 1870, p. 836 (Mosquitia) ; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 130 ; 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 142, et 1870, p. 190 (Veragua). 

 Hyphantes baltimorensis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 57, 365. 

 Hyphantes baltimore, Gundl. J. f. 0. 1856, p. 10 (Cuba) ; Cab. J.f. O. 



"1861, p. 7 (Costa Rica) ; Cas'sin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 62. 

 Icterus galbula, Coiies, Key N. A. B. (1884) p. 408. 

 Baltimore Oriole, Lath. G. H. iii. p. 115. 



Bright orange ; whole head and throat and upper back black ; 

 wings black edged with white ; lesser wing-coverts orange ; tail 

 black, the bases of all the feathers and broad tips to the outer 

 rectrices orange ; under wing-coverts yellow ; bill plumbeous ; feet 

 blackish : whole length 7'5 inches, wing 3'8, tail 3*1. Female. 

 Above greyish brown, more or less variegated with blackish ; rump 

 yellowish : wings blackish edged with white : below yellowish, more 

 or less mixed with whitish ; tail yellowish olive. 



Hah. IS". America, from Atlantic coast to high central plains 

 (in summer), and throughout Mexico and Central America to Panama 

 and Sierra ]!^evada of Santa Marta. 



a. S ad. St. North America. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. (S ad. sk. Pembina, Dakota (Coues). Salvin-GJodman Coll. 

 c,d, cJ 9 ad. sk. Forty-ninth Parallel. U.S. Bound. Comm. 



[P.]. 

 e,f. 6 9. ad. sk. Fort Dufferin, N. A. U.S. Bound. Comm. 



[P-]- 

 g. 2 ad. sk. Pt. Leyden, N.Y. {Merriani). Sclater Coll. 



