Species of the Family Icteridae. 163 



Agelaius subalm-is, Cassin_, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1866^ p. 13. 

 Nigei% nitens ; subalaribus saturate castaneis : long, tota 

 ll'O, alfte 5'0, cauclse rectr. med. 5'7, ext. 4'3. Fem, 

 Mari similis^ sed crassitie minore : long, tota 9*0^ alee 

 4*5_, caudse 4*5. 

 Hab. Colombia : Paramo of Pamplona,, alt. 10,000 feet 

 (Wyati). 

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



Genus VI. Hypopyrrhus. 



Hypopyrrhus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 425 (1851) : type H. pyrrho- 

 gaster, 



1. Hypopyrrhus pyrrhogaster. 



Cassicus jjyrrhogaster, De Tarr. Rev. Zool. 1837, p. 253. 

 Hypopyrrhus pyrrhogaster , Bp. Consp. p. 425 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1855, p. 154 (Bogota); Sclateret Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 510 

 (Antioquia), et Nomencl. p. 39. 



Quiscalus pyrrhogaster, Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 141 ; Cass. Pr. 

 Ac. Sc. Phil. 18G6, p. 412. 



Coracino-niger ; pi lei et capitis laterum plurals filiformibus, 

 incrassatis, nitentibus ; lateribus, ventre imo et crisso 

 ruberriniis ; tibiis nigris ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, 

 tota 12"0, alae 5"5, caudse rectr. med. 5*5, lat. 4'5. Fern. 

 Mari similis, sed colore paulo dilutiore et crassitie mi- 

 nore. 

 Hab. Colombia : Antioquia [Salmon) . 

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



The nearest affinities of this peculiar form appear to be 

 with Apjhobus chopi, which has the same singular structure 

 of the head-feathers ; but it does not show any traces of the 

 furrows on the lower mandible which distinguish the adult 

 male of the Chopi. 



Genus VII. Aphobus. 



Aphobus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 194 (1851) : type A. chopi. 



1. Aphobus chopi. 



El Chopi, Azara, Pax. i. p. 282. 



Agelaius chopi,\\Q\\\. Nouv. Diet, xxxiv. p. 537 (1819), et 



