230 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART I. 
Icteria longicauda. 
Icteria longicauda, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VI, April, 1853, 4.— 
Barrp, Birds N. Am. 1858, 249, pl. xxxiv, fig. 2.—Scuater, Catal. 
2, no. 253. 
?Icteria auricollis (Licur. Mus. Berl.), Bon. Consp. 1850, 331. 
Hab. Western and middle provinces of United States ; Cape St. Lucas and 
Mexico? ° 
Specimens of this species are in the Smithsonian collection from 
many points in California and the Rocky Mountains as far north as 
Yreka, Cal., to northern Mexico, and east to the Upper Missouri, as— 
Smith- Collec-| Sex : 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. eae Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. : 
5,310 @ |Ft. Lookcut, Mo.Riy.| Junel7, 56,| Lt. Warren. Dr. Hayden. 
4,648 Ci bt. brerre: ae May 12,°55. | Col. Vaughan. Ls 
8,841 gc -- |Lonp Fork. Aug. 5. Lt. Warren. se 
16,948 | 3,236 | g |Cape St. Lucas. Oct. 10. J. Xantus. J. Xantus. 
9,109 /34,716 | .. | Mexico. mete Verreaux:. |". |p S Sst 
GRANATELLUS, Dvsvs. 
Granatellus, Dusus (‘‘Esq. Orn.”), Bon. Consp. 1850, 312. (Type G. 
venustus, Dus.) 
Bill shaped much as in Jeteria; broad and high at the base, scarcely notched 
at tip. Culmen and commissure much curved; gonys slightly convex; the 
upper edge of lower jaw much curved, but straight towards the end. Lower 
jaw deeper than the upper. Nostrils circular, in anterior end of nasal groove, 
with membrane against posterior half, but not above it, and with the nasal 
feathers falling short of their edges, as in some Zroglodytide and Donacobius. 
Rictal bristles inconspicuous; the throat and chin with bristles interspersed 
among the feathers. Tarsi short; the scutelle much fused on the sides. 
Wings considerably shorter than the rounded tail, the feathers of which have 
‘rounded tips; the first quill as short as the secondaries. 
I can find no place for this curious form so appropriate as near 
to Icteria, as although the style of coloration is very different (ashy 
above, sides white, belly red), the structure is much alike. The 
bills are quite similar in shape and proportions—being very deep, 
and the upper mandible much decurved from the base ; there is, how- 
ever, a very slight faint notch, scarcely appreciable in some speci- 
mens. A striking difference is in the disproportionate size of the 
lower jaw, which is actually deeper than the upper, anterior to the 
nostrils. The naked space just behind the nostrils is also peculiar, 
as perhaps the absence of membrane above them. The tail is more 
graduated, and the feathers more rounded than in Icteria. 
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