Icterus auratus Bonaparte 



Ictferusl auratus "DuBus" Bonaparte TIPE 



No. 7107. Brussels. Wing 9^.5, tail 87.5, culmen 

 base 19.6, depth at base 10.8, tarsus 2A.0, 

 middle toe minus claw 15«9» Ghiesbrecht - in 

 1838 or 1839. Yucatan. 



Mounted bird in very good condition; orange eyes; an 

 adult, probably a male; plumage warm as though 

 collected in summer. 



Dubois has a note \\Titten in his register as regards 

 this specimen -"a translation" -"Remarks: Bonaparte 



has based his description after the individual at 

 Brussels, and also indicated lucatan as the 

 locality of its origin. This individual at the 

 Museum accords entirely with his description and 

 is the only one which came from the locality 

 mentioned. " It appears certain that No. 7107 is 

 the type of the species* 



This species certainly has no very close relationship 

 with cucnulatus . Note very stout, straight bill 

 of type. Ridgway gives depth as al 8.6 mm. 



A. J. Van Rossem 



