Species of the Family Icteridse. 25 



1. Sturnella ludoviciana. 



Sturnus ludovicianus, Linn. S, N, i. p. 290. 



Cacicus alaudariiis, Daud. Tr. d'Orn. ii. p. 325 (1800). 



Sturnella ludoviciana, Sw. Faun. Bor.-Am. ii. p. 282 ; Bp. 

 Consp. p. 429; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 192; Scl. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 139; Ibis, 1861, p. 178; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 38; 

 Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 23. 



Alauda magna, Linn. S. N. i. p. 167; Wils. Am. Orn. iii. 

 p. 20, pi. 191. 



Sturnella magna, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 535 ; Coues, Key, 

 p. 157, et B. N. W. p. 190 ; Baird, Brew., et Ridgw. B. N. A. 

 ii. p. 174. 



Sturnella collaris, Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. p. 134, pi. 90. 

 Fuscescenti-cervina, nigro variegata et transfasciolata ; loris, 

 campterio alari et corpore medio subtus flavis; torque 

 gutturali lato nigro ; lateribus cervinis nigro striatis ; 

 rostro plumbeo, subtiis ad basin pallidiore ; pedibus pal- 

 lida corneis : long, tota 9'5, alae 5"0, caudse 3"0. Fern. 

 Mari similis. 



Hah. Eastern States of N. America. 



Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



This is one of the cases in which I think we may conve- 

 niently adopt a third term to express the slight local varia- 

 tions of size and plumage exhibited by specimens from 

 different parts of the wide area over which Sturnella is dis- 

 tributed. 



1«. Sturnella ludoviciana neglecta. 



Sturnella neglecta, Aud. B. Am. vii. p. 339, t. 487 (1843); 

 Sclater, Ibis, 1861, p. 179; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 492 (Texas) ; 

 Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 24; Cooper, B. Cal. p. 270. 



Sturnella magna, var. neglecta, Coues, Key, p. 157, et B. 

 N. W. p. 190; Baird, Brew, et Ridgw. B. N. A. ii. p. 176. 

 Simillima St. ludovicianoi, sed colore pallidiore et, sicut 

 dicitur, voce omnino diversa ! 



Hab. Western States of N. America. 



Mus. P. L. S. et S.-G. 



\b. Sturnella ludoviciana hippocrepis. 



Sturnella hippocrepis, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 281 ; Lawr. Ana. 



