366 ICTEIUD^. 



Hah. Western North America (iu summer) aud south to Central 

 Mexico. 



The adult male is easily distinguishable from that of its eastern 

 representative /. haltimore by the yellow superciliary stripes and 

 sides of the head. The females of the two species are nearly alike. 



a, h. c? ad. sk. ; West side Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



c. 5 ad. sk. 

 d A sk. California. Lord Walsingham 



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 *. d ad. sk. California. U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



/. 5 ad. sk. San Francisco, Cal. U.S. Nat. Mus. [P. J. 



ff. S ad. sk. California (Bell). Selater Coll. 



h. S ad. sk. Fort Tejon, Cal. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. Jr. sk. Nevada, U. S. A. U.S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



/. (5 ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



k. d" ad. sk. Mexico (Salle). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Icterus aheillii. 



Psarocolius coztototl, Wagler, his, 1829, p. 757 (?). 



Xauthornus abeillei, Less. liev. Zool. 18-39, p. 101. 



Icterus aheiUii, Sdater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 262 (Orizaba), 1864, p. 175; 

 id. Cat. A. Ji. p. 130 ; id. His, 1883, p. 355 ; Scl. et jS(ih\ P. Z. & 1860, 

 p. 302; iid. Ex. Orn. p. 187, pi. xciv. ; iid. Nomencl. p. 36. 



Ilyphantes abeillei, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1807, p. 02. 



Icterus buUocki, var. abeillei. Baud, Breiuer, et Pidyiv. N. A. B. ii. 

 p. 184. 



Above deep black ; slight superciliary stripe from the front to 

 above the eye yellow ; greater and lesser wing-coverts and outer 

 margins of rem(gcs white ; tail bright yellow, two middle rectrices, 

 inner webs of the next pair, and tips of others black : beneath bright 

 yellow mixed with orange ; flanks and middle of the throat black ; 

 bill plumbeous black ; feet blackish : whole length 1-2 inches, wing 

 4-2, tail 3-2. Female. Above grey, mixed with yellowish and 

 variegated with black ; wing blackish edged with white : below 

 Yellowish, middle of belly whitish, flanks greyish ; tail yellowish 

 olivaceous with darker tips. 



Hah. Central aud Southern Mexico. 



This very distinct species is readily known from the two former 

 by its wholly black back and flanks. 



a. (S ad. sk. City of Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. S ad. sk. Mexico (de Saussure). Selater Coll. 



c. 5 ad. sk. North Mexico. Selater Coll. 



d. S ad. sk. Mexico. O. Salvin, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Icterus spurius. 



Oriolus spurius, Linn. S. N. i. p. 162. 



Icterus spurius, Aud. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 221 ; Selater, P. Z. S. 1859, 



p. 380 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 130 ; id. Ibis, 1883, p. 357 ; Scl. et Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 353 (Panama), et 1870, p. 837 (Honduras) ; iid. 



Nomencl. p. 36 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 493 (Texas) ; Lawr. Ann. 



