376 ICTERIII.E. 



g. Ad. sk. Mexico {Jiotward). ISalvin-Godman Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



t. Ad. St. Mexico. J. Taylor, Esq. [P.]. 



J. Ad. St. Mexico. • Purchased. 



k. Ad. St. Mexico. J. Gould, Esq. 



20. Icterus cucuUatus. 



Icterus cucuUatus, Siv. Phil. Mag. 1827, i. p. 436 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. V. p. 116 ; Cassin, III. B. Calif, p. 42, pi. 8 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



1856, p. 301 (Cordova), 1864, p. 175"(Citv of Mexico) ; id. Cat. A.B. 



p. 132 ; id. Ihis, 1883, p. 364 ; Sd. et Sulk Ibis, 1859, p. 20 (Belize) ; 



lid. Nomend. p. 36 ; Salv. Ibis, 1850, p. 466 (Belize) ; Baird, Brew., 



et Ridyio. B. N. A. ii. p. 193 ; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. S. N. H. i. 



p. 553 (hot district of Vera Cruz); Baird, B. N. Am. p. 646; 



Boucard, P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 445 ; Cones, Key N. A. B. (1884) 



p. 409. 

 Pendulinus cucuUatus, Bp. Cons}}, i. p. 433 ; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 



1867, p. 60. 

 Icterus cucuUatus nelsoni, Bidgiv. Pr. U. S. N. Mm. 1885, p. 19 



(Arizona). 

 Icterus cucuUatus igneus, Eidgio. Pr. TJ. S. N. litis. 1885, p. 19 



(Yucatan). 



Above yellow, more or less tinged with orange ; lores and inter- 

 scapulium black ; wings black, middle wing-coverts and edges of 

 greater coverts and remiges white : below jellow, sides of I'ace, throat, 

 and middle of breast black ; under wing-coverts yellow ; tail black, 

 slightly tipped with white ; bill and feet black : whole length 

 7*4 inches, wing 3'3, tail 3"5. Female. Above oUvaceous, wings 

 brown edged with whitish ; below yeUow, middle of throat black. 



Hah. Southern California, Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Yucatan, and 

 Belize. 



Mr. Eidgway has lately proposed to separate this species into three 

 geographical subspecies : — (1) /• c. nelsoni, from Arizona, S. California, 

 and Western Mexico, of a paler and more yellow colour; (2) the 

 typical form, from Southern and Eastern Mexico, with the yellow of 

 an orange tinge ; and (3) the Yucatan form (/. c. igneus), with the 

 orange tinge still more intense. 1 have arranged the specimens in 

 accordance with these views, but I cannot say that I quite agree 

 with them, the differences being, in my opinion, almost too slight for 

 even subspecific separation. 



a. Subsp. nelsoni. 

 a. Jad.sk. Kvizona. {Nelson). U. S. Nat. Mus. [P.]. 



h. (f ad. sk. La Paz, Lower California Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Forrer). 



c. Ad. sk. California. F. Gruber [P.]. 



d. (S ad.sk. Mazatlan,W. Mexico (i^orrer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. c? ad. sk. Mexico. Sclater Coll. 



a. Subsp. typica. 

 a. Ad. sk. Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. J ad. sk. Mexico (iiV^owM). Sclater Coll. 



