BIRDS OF THE FAMILIES TANAGRID^ AND ICTERID^ I5I 



ICTERIDiE. 



Zarhynchus wagleri mexicanus. Mexican Oropendola, 



Similar to Zarhyfichus wagleri wagleri^ but slightly smaller, es- 

 pecially the bill, with frontal shield narrower and less arched ; chest- 

 nut of head and neck slightly, that of rump and flanks decidedly, 

 darker ; black of breast and abdomen more restricted, duller, less 

 glossy. 



Southern Mexico to Guatemala; British Honduras? Honduras? 



Type, no. 14456 1, U. S. National Museum (Biol. Surv. Coll. no. 

 1755), S ad., Motzorongo, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Feb. 26, 1894 ; Nelson 

 and Goldman. 



Holoquiscalus martinicensis. Martinique Grackle. 



Similar to Holoquiscalus inflexirostris, of Santa Lucia, but 

 smaller, and with stouter bill ; adult female with head and under parts 

 paler, the chin and throat nearly white. (The adult female similar 

 in coloration to that of Holoquiscalus guadeloupensis, but smaller 

 and with more slender bill.) 



Island of Martinique, Lesser Antilles. 



Type, no. 75156, U. S. National Museum, ^ad., Martinique; F. 

 A. Ober. 



The forms belonging to this group, as I have been able to make 

 them out, are as follows : 



(i) Holoquiscalus gundlachii (Cassin) ; Cuba. 



(2) Holoquiscalus jamaicensis (Daudin) ; Jamaica. 



(3) Holoquiscalus niger (Boddaert) ; Haiti. 



(4) Holoquiscalus brachypterus (Cassin) ; Puerto Rico. 



(5) Holoquiscalus caymanensis (Cory) ; Grand Cayman. 



(6) Holoquiscalus luminosus (Lawrence) ; Grenada. 



(7) Holoquiscalus inflexirostris (Swainson) ; Santa Lucia. 



(8) Holoquiscalus guadeloupensis (Lawrence) ; Guadeloupe. 



(9) Holoquiscalus martinicensis (Ridgway) ; Martinique. 



(10) Holoquiscalus insularis (Richmond) ; Margarita I., Venezuela. 



(11) Holoquiscalus lugubris (Swainson); Trinidad, Tobago, and 

 adjacent mainland. 



(12) Holoquiscalus rectirostris (Cassin) ; (habitat unknown). 



(13) Holoquiscalus fortirostris (Lawrence) ; Barbados. 



Scaphidunis major nelsoni. Sonoran Boat-tail.' 



'^ Scaphidurus Swainsox, Philos. Mag., new series, i, 1827, p. 437. Type, S 

 palustris Swainson . 



