437 



Note 7. Coccyzus erythropthalmus. We strongly suspect 

 C. cinereus, Vieill. laken from D'Azzara, to be no other than 

 Wilson's C. erythropthalmus : according to the same author, Cu- 

 culus seniculus is also a summer visitant of the southern states. 



Note 8. Picus tridactylus. Misled by Temminck and all 

 other authors, we have fallen into several errors regarding this spe- 

 cies. Having lately carefully studied it, we are now enabled to 

 characterize it accurately in all its states. 



46. Picus tridactylus, L. Bill very broad, depressed ; tar- 

 sus feathered above ; sides of the head striped with black and 

 white. 



Male glossy black, beneath white ; top of the head yellow. 



Female glossy black, beneath white \ crown wholly black. 



Young, black lineated with white ; crown finely streaked 

 with white. 



Northern three-toed Woodpecker, Picus tridactylus, Nob. 

 Am. Orn. ii. pi. 14. Jig. g. 



Inhabits the north of both continents. 



Noted. Quiscalus ferrugineus. Oriolus niger, Black Oriole, 

 Gm. Lath, quoted by Wilson, and at first by myself in my Observa- 

 tions, under the above species, is a different bird, inhabiting the 

 West Indies and South America. It forms a fourth well ascer- 

 tained species of this genus. In the general system, its place is 

 between Q. versicolor and Q. ferrugineus, arid as it may easily be 

 mistaken, I shall characterise it. 



Quiscalus baritus, Nob. Glossy black ; tail much rounded, 

 reaching beyond the wings more than two inches ; osseous carina 

 small : length ten inches. 



Female but little smaller, dull brownish ; beneath and eyebrows, 

 whitish. 



Synonyms. Gracula barita, L. (Gm ? applies to the present as 

 well as to Q. versicolor,) not of Lath. Icterus niger, Briss. Quis- 

 calus baritus, Vieill ? Agelaius niger, Vieill. Oriolus niger, Gm. 

 Lath. Oriolus oryzivorus ? Gm. Lath. Troupiale noir de St. 

 Domingue, Buff. pi. enl. 534. Black Oriole, Penn. Lath. Syn. 

 Rice Oriole ? Lath. syn. Ploceus oryzivorus, or niger, Cuv. 



Vol. II. 55 



