436 Mr. Swainson's Sijtiopsis of the Birds of Mexico. 



55. Agelaus pecoris. Sw. Wilson ii. pi. 18. 



Table land, near Mexico. 



56. Agelaus P/iceniceus. Vieil., Wilson iv. pi. 30. f. 1,2. 



Sides of the Cordilleras. Real del Monte. 



57. Agelaus longipcs. 



Blackish brown; front, temples, and throat fulvous yellow; 

 bill short. 



Table land : rare. 



Male. Total length, 8A : bill, xV ; wings, 5-t ; tarsi, l-rV ; mid- 

 dle toe and claw, J -rV- 



Taking L. Suchii as the t3'pe of the genus Leisles, it ap- 

 pears to me that the three foregoing birds, with several 

 others in my possession, are sufficiently distinct, as a group, 

 to remain under their former designation. So far as my in- 

 formation goes, Leisles is a genus peculiar to South Ame- 

 rica, and is immediately connected to Xanihornus. Agelaus, 

 on the contrary, is more closely allied to Sturnella. 



58. Sturnella magna. Wilson iii. pi. 19. f. 2. 



Table land : very common at Real del Monte. 



59. Xanthornus Baltimore. Wilson i. pi. 1. f. 3. 



Table land. Real del Monte. 



60. Xanthornus Bullockii. 



Black; rump and under parts golden yellow; lesser wing co- 

 vers white ; throat with a black stripe ; ears and eye- stripe 

 golden. 



Table land : rare. 



This, the most beautiful of the group yet discovered in Mexico, 

 will record the name of those ornithologists who have thrown 

 so much light on the birds of that country. 



G. Cassiculus. Swains, in Zool. Journ. No. 10. 



61. Cassiculus coronatus. 



Black; wing covers, rump, vent, and lateral tail feathers yel- 

 low ; crest elongated, pendulous ; bill white. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec. 

 Total length, 12 inches: bill, l^V; wings, 6; tail,5|; tarsi, 1^. 



62. Icterus Dominiccnsis. PI. Enl. pi. 5. L 1. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec, not uncommon. 



63. Icterus Mexicanus. Leach Zool. Misc. tab. ii. ex. syn. 



Table land. Temiscaltipec. 



64;. Icterus cucullatus. 



Golden yellow; middle of the back, front, throat, wingS and 



tail black ; wing covers with white bands. 

 Table land. Temiscaltipec. 

 Total lengthy 8 : bill, A ; wings, 3i ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, ^. 



65. Scaphidurus 



