Species of the Family Icteridse. 3 



This well-known Nortli-Araerican bird wanders very far 

 soutli in winter. I have specimens from Santa Marta^ Cay- 

 enne, and Bolivia. Whitely got it in British Guiana in 

 May, Natterer in Mato-Grosso in November (in non-breeding 

 dress), and at Marabitanas, Rio Negro, in April, in full black 

 dress, in which dress are also two Bolivian skins in my col- 

 lection. Darwin obtained a single specimen in James Island, 

 Galapagos, in October; and it is even said to have occurred 

 in Heligoland (Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 165) ! 



Genus II. Molothrus. 

 Molothrus, Sw. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 277 (1831) : type M. 



pecoris. 

 Hypobletis, Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. d. Nat. p. 260 (1842) : 



type M. pecoris. 

 Callothrus, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 17 : type M. 



(Bfieus. 

 Cyanothrus, Cassin, op. cit. p. 19 : type M. bonariensis. 

 Ageluioides, Cassin, op. cit. p. 21 : type M, badius. 



CJavis specienan. 



A. Unicolores : alis dorso coucoloribus, 



nigro-nitens, capite brunneo (1) pecoris. 



feneo-niteus, 



unicolor (2) cemus. 



flavicante perfusus (3) armenli. 



nigro-nitens unicolor, 



crassitie media (4) bonariensis. 



crassitie minore (5 ) atronitens. 



crassitie ma] ore (6) cassini. 



subtus magis pTirpurasceus (7) purpu7'aseens. 



nigro-nitens, macula camjiterii castanea (8) rufo-axillaris. 



B. Discolores : alis extCis rufis, 



cineraceus, subtiis dilutior (9) badius. 



fuscus, subtiis ochracescens {\0) frinyillaceus. 



1. Molothrus pecoris. 



Trcmpiale de la Caroline, Daub. PL Enl. 606. fig. 1. 

 Fringill a pecoris, Gm. S. N. i. p. 910. 

 Emberiza pecoris, Wils. Am. Orn. ii. p. 145, pi. 18. f. 1,2, 3. 



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