374 ICXEKIDJ!. 



Peiidulinus maculi-alatus, Bp. CunsjJ. i. p. 4i33 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. He. 

 Phil. 1867, p. 56. 



Above deep black ; lower back and lesser wing-coverts yellow ; a 

 row of spots on the tips of the greater wing-coverts, and slight ex- 

 ternal edgings to the live or six outer primaries about halfway down 

 the quills white : beneath orange-yellow ; sides of head, throat, and 

 \ipper breast black ; bill black, bluish at the base ; feet black : whole 

 length 7 inches, wing 89, tail 3-3. Young. Above olive ; wings and 

 tail brownish, with slight white spots on the greater wing-coverts : 

 below yellowish ; front, sides of the head, and throat down to the 

 middle of the breast black. 



ifab. Pacific coast of Guatemala. 



This is a local species, confined, so far as we know, to tlie Pacific 

 coast of Guatemala, but well marked by the white spots on the 

 greater wing-coverts. 



a. Ad.sk.; Yolcan de Fuego, Guatemala Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. 2 .ii'- sk. {iSalvhi). 



e. cS ad. sk. Volcan de Agua, above San Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Diego {Salvin). 



d. Jr. sk. San Pedro Martyr, Guatemala Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salvin). 



e. cJ ad. sk. Escuintla, Guatemala (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



f. Jr. sk. Aguna, Guatemala {Fi-aser). Sclater Coll. 



18. Icterus parisorum. 



Icterus parisorum, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 110 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, 

 p. 303 (Oasaca), i860, p. 251, 1864, p. 175 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 132 ; 

 id. Ibis, 1883, p. 365 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 54 ; Scl. et 

 Salv. Nomencl. p. 36 ; Smnichrast, Mem. Bost. 8. N. H. i. p. 553 

 (Orizaba) ; Bnird, Breicer, et Bidqw. N. A. B. ii. p. 188 ; Baird, B. 

 N. Am. p. 544 ; Coues, Key N. A. B. (1884) p. 409. 



Icterus melanochrysurus, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 105. 



Icterus scottii, Couch, Pr. Acad. Philad. vii. p. 66 (1854). 



Xanthornus parisorum, Bp. Consp. i. p. 434. 



Above black ; lesser wing-coverts and lower back sulphur-yellow ; 

 wings black, greater wing-coverts tipped with white : below down 

 to the middle of the breast black ; belly and basal half of tail 

 yellow ; apical half of tail black, the black extending further up on 

 JDhe central tail-feathers ; bill and feet black: whole length 7'5 inches, 

 wing 4, tail 3"4. Female. Above olivaceous, slightly varied with 

 black on the interscapularies ; wings blackish, wing-coverts termi- 

 nated with white : below yellowisli. 



Hub. Lower California, Arizona, Texas, and Mexico. 



The male of this species is easily known by the yellow basal por- 

 tion of the lower surface of the tail being divided in a straight line, 

 about halfway between the crissum and the end, from the black 

 apical portion. 



«. <J ad. sk. Cape San Lucas, Lower Call- Salviu-Guduiau Coll. 



tornia (Xaiitus). 



