184 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



at ends ; greater coverts with outer webs wholly white, and middle coverts 

 entirely white, producing a large conspicuous longitudinal patch on the 

 wing; tertials and secondaries broadly edged with white, and primaries more 

 narrowly skirted with the same. Other portions rich orange or yellow. 



Rump grayish-orange; sides and flanks deep orange; forehead and 

 auriculars orange ; a broad supraloral stripe of the same. Xanthic tints 

 deep orange, with a reddish tinge on the breast. Wings, 4.00 ; tail, 

 3.50 ; culmen, .80 ; tarsus, .90. Hob. Western Province of United 



States var. hullocki. 



Rump black ; sides and flanks black ; forehead and auriculars black ; no 

 yellow or orange supraloral stripes. Xanthic tint a very intense gam- 

 boge, without any shade of orange. Wing, 4.00 ; tail, 3.50 ; culmen, 

 .75 ; tarsus, .85. Hob. Mexico var. aheillei} 



Icterus vulgaris, Daudin. 



TROUPIAL. 



Oriolus icterus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 161. Icterus vulgaris, "Daudin." — Aud. Birds 

 Am. VII, 1844, 357, pi. ccccxcix. — Bp. Consjiectus Av. 1850, 434. — Baikd, Birds 

 N. Am. 1858, 542. — Cass. P. A. N. S. 1867, 46. Le troupiale vulgairc, Buffon, 

 Pi. enl. "532" (535, Bp.). 



Sp. Char. Bill curved. Throat and chin with narrow pointed feathers. A naked 

 space around and behind the eye. Tail-feathers graduated. Head and upper part of 

 neck all round, and beneath from tail to upper part of breast, interscapular region of 

 back, wings, and tail, black. Rest of under parts, a collar on the lower hind neck, rump,, 

 and upper tail-coverts, yellow-orange. A broad band on the wing and outer edges of 

 secondaries, white. Length, 10 inches ; wing, 4.50 ; tail, 4.50 ; bill above, 1.35. 



Hab. Northern South America and West Indies ? Accidental on the southern coast 

 of the United States ? 



This is the largest Oriole said to be found in the United States, and differs 

 from the rest in its longer bill, and pointed, elongated feathers on the throat. 

 The bill is attenuated, and somewhat decurved. The third quill is longest, 

 the first quill almost the shortest of all the primaries. The outer tail-feather 

 is about .60 of an inch less than the middle. 



There is only a trace of whitish on the edges of the primaries. The 

 broad white edges to the secondaries are continuous in the folded wing with 

 the white on the greater coverts, the lowest row of which, however, is black. 

 The extreme and concealed base of the tail is white. 



One specimen has the light markings yellow, instead of orange. 



This species is given by Mr. Audubon as North American, on the strength 

 of occasional stragglers from South America. One of the specimens before 

 us was received from Mr. Audubon (2,842), and is, possibly, North Araeri- 



^ Icterus hullocki, var. abeillei. Xanthornus aheillei, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, 101. Hyjyhantes 

 a. Cass. P. A. N. S. 1867, 62. ? Oriolus costototl, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, 385, 1788. 



The only essential difference from /. hullocki is in the greater amount of black, it being 

 merely more extended, while the pattern is the same. 



