236 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Rance,— Austroriparian Zone from southern Illinois, southwestern Indi- 
ana, and North Carolina south to the coast of southeastern Texas, Louisiana, 
and Florida. 
Sturnella neglécta AUDUBON. Western Meadowlark. [501.1.] 
Sturnella neglecta AupuBon, Birds Amer., VII, 1844, 339, pl. 489. (Old 
Fort Union, North Dakota.) 
RanGE.— Western North America. Breeds from southern British 
Columbia, central Alberta, and southern Manitoba south to southern 
California, northern Mexico, and central Texas; winters from south- 
ern British Columbia and Iowa south to southern Lower California, 
Jalisco, and Guanajuato; east casually to Wisconsin, southern Michi- 
gan, and northern Illinois; accidental in southern Mackenzie. 
GENus ICTERUS Brisson. 
Icterus Brisson, Orn., II, 1760, 85. Type, by tautonymy, [Jcterus] 
icterus Brisson = Oriolus icterus LINNUS. 
Suscenus ICTERUS. 
Icterus melanocéphalus (WaGLER). 
RANGE.— Southern Texas south to Guatemala. 
a. [Icterus melanocephalus melanocephalus. Extralimital.] 
b. Icterus melanocephalus alduboni Grraup. Audubon’s Oriole. [503.] 
Icterus audubonit GIRAUD, Sixteen Sp. Texas Birds, 1841, [3]. (“‘Texas.’’) 
Rance.— Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas (casually to San Antonio), and 
south in Mexico to Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, and, at least in winter, to 
San Luis Potosi. 
Icterus parisbrum BoNaAPaRTE. Scott’s Oriole. [504.] 
Icterus parisorum BONAPARTE, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837 (June, 1838), 
110. (Mexico.) 
RancE.— Lower Sonoran Zone from southern California, southern 
Nevada, southwestern Utah, east central New Mexico, and western 
Texas south to Lower California, Michoacan, Hidalgo, and Vera 
Cruz; winters south of the United States. 
