24 BIRDS OP^ SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. 



109. Icterus tiipiirius var. affiiiis, Lawr. 



" Teh uaii tepee (Cbihuitan, Santa Efigenia); Tehuantepec City. 

 " Iris browu ; upper mandible black, lower ashy-blue ; feet dark 

 ashy-blue." 



110. jflolotlirus aeneus (Wagl.). 

 " Tehuantepec (Tapana) ; April, 1869. 

 " Iris red ; bill and feet black." 



111. ITIolotlirus pecoris var. ob§ciirus (Gm.). 

 " Tehuantepec City ; October, 1869. 



" Iris brown ; feet black." i 



11 '3. Stiiriiella iiiag'iia var. iiicxicaiia, Scl. 

 " Tehuantepec (Barrio, Santa Efigenia) ; September and February. 

 " Iris hazel- browu ; feet light fleshy-brown." 



113. (|ui§calti!!$ iiiacriirus, Sw. 



"Tehuantepec (Barrio, Juchitan); September and October. 

 " Iris pale-yellow ; bill and feet black." 



114. Quiscalus iiiexicanus, Cass. 

 "Tehuantepec (Guichicovi) ; September, 1869. 



" Iris brown ; bill and feet black ; inside of bill yellow." 



Fani. CORVID.1:. 



115. Cyanocitta coroiiata (Sw.). 



" Cieneguilla (Oaxaca, alpine region) ; August, 1868. 

 " Iris brown ; bill and feet black." 



116. Cyanocitfa calirornica var. siimiclirasti, Eidg. 



"Nacaltepec (Oaxaca); August, 1868. 

 " Iris brown ; bill and feet black," 



117. €alocitta fbrinoiiia (Sw.). 



"Tehuantepec (Juchitan) ; Tehuantepec City; August, September, 

 and November. 



" Iris brown ; bill and feet black. 



" This is the most widely scattered and the greatest busybody of all 

 the birds of the isthmus. You cannot take a step out of inhabited 

 localities without being assailed by the vexatious scoldings of these 

 Chavis (that is the name which is given to them). Not content with 



