2 iNIr. P. L. Sclater on the 



Icterus. I refer the following thirteen genera to this sub- 

 family : — 



I. DoUchomjx, p. 2. viii. Gymnomystax, p. 19. 



II. Molothras, p. 3. ix. Pseudoleistes, p. 19. 



III. Cyrtotes, p. 9. x. Curaus, p. 21. 



IV. Agelaus, p. 9. xi. Leistes, p. 21. 



V. Xanthocephalus, p. 14. xii. Trupialis, p. 23. 



VI. Xanthosomus, p. 13. xiii. Sturnella, p. 24. 



VII. Amblyrhamphus, p. 17. 



GrenilS I. DOLICHONYX. 



Dolichonyx, Sw. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 351 (1827) ; type D. 

 oryzivora. 



1. DoLICHONYX ORVZIVORUS. 



Emberiza oryzivora, Linn. S. N. i. p. 311 ; Wils. Am. Orn. 

 ii. p. 48, pi. 13. f. 1, 2. 



Passerinu oryzivora, Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 3. 

 Psarocolius cauclacutus, Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 32. 

 Dolichonyx oryzivora, Sw. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 351, et Faun. 

 Bor.-Ani. ii. p. 278; Bp. Consp. p. 437; Gosse, B. Jam. 

 p. 229; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 522; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, 

 p. 72 (Rio Napo), 1861, p. 74 (Jamaica), et Cat. A. B. p. 134 ; 

 Sclat. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 781 (Merida), 1876, p. 16 

 (Peru), et Nomeucl. p. 37; Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 129 

 (Cuba) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1866, p. 194 (Belize) ; Baird, Brew., et 

 Bidgw. B. N. A. ii. p. 149 ; Pelz. Orn. Braz. p. 199 (Mato- 

 Grosso) ; Darwin, Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 106 (Galapagos). 

 Supra niger; nucha lata pallide cervin«a; iuterscapulio fusco 

 variegato ; secundariis dorso proxirais et primariis fusco 

 limbatis; scapularibus et dorso postico cum supracau- 

 dalibus albis, dorso medio in cinereum transeunte, subtus 

 niger, tibiis fuscis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus carneis : long, 

 tota 7'0, alae 3*8, caudee 2-8. Fern, (et mas in vestitu 

 hiemali) . Supra fulva nigro variegata, superciliis et cor- 

 pore subtixs flavido-cinnamomeis. 

 Hab. Eastern North America and south tlirough Central 

 America and the West Indies to Panama, Venezuela, Guiana, 

 Brazil, Peru, and Paraguay. 



