AGEL^US TKICOLOU. 505 



296, <?; Camp 26, November 18, 1867. 9f-153— 54— 4^'^— 'f— l^j— 3J— IJ. 

 Same remarks. (Prepared bj' Mr. Parker.) 



297, 9; Caini)2G, November ]8, 1867. 8^— 13— 4J— 3/^— '2— ]f— ;?i— Ij. Up- 

 per maudible, dull black, lower dull cinereous; iris, bazel; tarsi and toes, dull black. 



298, 9; Camp 26, November IS, 1867. 7g_124— l^i— ;j,\,_5_J-_-5g_l J. Upper 

 mandible, brownish slaty-black, tomium paler, lower browuisb cinereous; iris, van- 

 dyke-brown; tarsi and toes, black. 



299, 9; Camp 26, November 18, 1867. 7|— 12g— 4^— Sj— 1|— }|_3-li. Same 

 remarks. 



403, 9; Camp 26, November 19, 1867. 7J— 12i— 4|— S^'s— }|— }|— 3iV-U- 

 Upper mandible, born-black, tomium paler; lower pale horn-color, the point dusky; 

 iris, hazel; tarsi and toes, brownish-black. 



566, i ad.; Truckee Keservation, May 15, 1868. 9j— 154— (I) — *• Kill, tarsi, 

 and toes, deep black; iris, sepia. 



772 (3), 773 (3); nests and eggs. Truckee Reservation, May 31, 1868. Nests in 

 small bushes, in overflowed meadow. 



967, <? ad.; Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 1869. 10— 164. Bill, tarsi, and toes, 

 black ; Iris, brown. 



968, (? rt/7.;.Salt Lake City, Utah, IMay 21, 1869. 10—16. Same remarks. 

 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009; nests and eggs. Salt Lake City, May 21, 1869. 



Tule-meadows; maximum number of eggs, four. 



1023, i ad.; Salt Lake City, May 22, 1869. 95—19. Remarks as above. 



1024, <? ad.; Salt Lake City, May 22, 1869. 9i— 154. Remarks as above. 



1025, ,? ad.; Salt Lake City, May 22, 1869. 9f— 15J. Remarks as above. 

 10S9, nest and eggs (4); Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, June 4, 1869. Grassy 



marsh, lake-shore. 



1142 (4), 1143 (4), 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, nests and eggs; 

 Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, June 9, 1869. Nests in sagebrush, in alkaline pond, 

 near lake-shore. 



;9. guhernator. 



432, $ ad.; Carson City, Nevada, March 9, 1868. gg- log— 5j— 44. Bill, tarsi, 

 and toes, deeji black; iris, hazel. 



788, nest and eggs (4); Truckee Reservation, June 3, 1868. Nest in small bush, 

 in wet meadow, 



ACELiEUS TRICOLOR. 

 Rcd-and-wliite-shouldcrod Blsickbird. 



Icterus tricolor, Nuttall, Man. Orn., I, 2d ed., 1840, 186. 



Agclwus tricolor, BoNAr., Comp. & Geog. List, 1838, 30.— Baiud, B. N. Am., 

 1858, 530; Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 403.— B. B. & R., Dist. N. Am. B., II, 

 1874, 165, pi. XXXIII, figs. 5, 6, 7.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., I, 1870, 26.5. 



Agelaus phaniceus var. tricolor. Coves, Key, 1872, 156; Check List, 1873, No. 

 212b. 



Agelaus pha:niccus. d. tricolor, COUES, Birds N.W., 1874, 186. 



This very distinct .species was seen only in tlio neiirliburlioocl of Sacra- 



