22. ICTERUS. 385 



34. Icterus sclateri. 



Icterus mentalis, Cah. Mus. Hein. i. p. 185 (note) ; Scl. Cat. A. B. 



p. 13-4 ; <SW. et Salv. Ibis, ISGO, p. 275 (San Geronimo) ; Owen, Ihis, 



1861, p. 62 (eggs). 

 Icterus sclateri, Cassin, Pi: Ac. Sc. Phil. 1867, p. 49 ; <SW. et fSah. 



Nomencl. p. 36 ; Scl. Ibis, 1883, p. 371. 

 Icterus formosus, Laicr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 184 ; id. Bull. U. S. N. 



Mus. BO. 4, p. 23 ; Scl. Ibis, 1863, p. 372. 



Briglit reddish orauge ; interscapulium, lores, sides of face, and 

 throat extending on to breast black : wings black, margined with 

 white, lesser wing-coverts j-ellow ; tail black, slightly tipped with 

 white ; bill black, plumbeous at the base ; feet black : whole length 

 8 inches, wing 4*3, tail 4. Female similar but yellow, and the 

 interscapulium black variegated with yellow. 



Hah. Guatemala and Southern Mexico. 



This species closely resembles /. r/ularis in general colour, but is 

 at once recognizable by its more slender bill, and in this respect 

 comes nearer to /. ji^'stidafus, from which it is distinguishable by 

 its black interscapulium. 



rt. c? ad. sk. San Geronimo, Guatemala Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(^Salvin) . 

 b. c? jr. sk. ; San Geronimo, Guatemala Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. j sk. (Owen). 



d. (S ad. sk. San Geronimo, Guatemala Sclater Coll. 



{Salvin). 



e. cT ad. sk. Guatemala. Sclater CoU. 

 /. 2 ad. sk. Guatemala (Skinner). Sclater Coll. 



(/. $ ad. sk. Tonala (Chiapas), Mexico Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Sumic/irasf). 

 h. Ad.sk. San Juan, S. Mexico (-Re'6o;«:7(). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



35. Icterus pectoralis. 



Psarocolius pectorahs, Waffl. Isis, 1829, p. 755. 



Icterus pectoralis, Bj). Consp. i. p. 435 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 205 ; 



id. Ibis, 1873, p. 373 (Nicaragua) ; id. ( at. A. B. p. 134 ; id. 



Ibis, 1883, p. 372 ; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 20 ; iid. Nomencl. 



p. 36 ; Laivr. Bull. U. S. N. M. no. 4, p. 23 ; Cussin, Fr. Ac. Sc. 



Phil. 1867, p. 48; Des Murs, Icon. Oni. pi. 10. 

 Icterus guttulatus, Lafr. May. de Zool. 1844, pi. 52; Cab. J.f. O. 



1861, p. 9 (Costa Rica). 

 Icterus pectoralis espinachi, Nuttiny, Proc. U. S. Nat. 3Ius. 1882, 



p. 392 (Costa Eica). 



Above bright orange-yellow, ruddier on the head ; lores and 

 space round and in front of the eye and upper back deep black ; 

 wings black, lesser wing-coverts orauge, outer margins of the 

 secondaries white, forming an elongated white patch ; narrow 

 edp'ings on the ends of the secondaries and primaries also white : 

 below orange-yellow ; throat down to centre of breast black ; 

 breast marked with numerous black spots, chiefly at the sides ; 

 tail black, slightly tipped with whitish ; under wing-coverts yellow ; 



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