iS86.] CoKY 01/ the Birds of the Jl'is/ Indies. 2 17 



Icterus portoricensis (Bkvant). 



Icterus domiuicensis Taylor, Ibis, 1S64, p. 167. 



Icterus dominicensis var. portoricensis Bky'ANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



X, p. 254 (1S66).— SuNDEV. Gefv. K. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1869, p. 597. 



— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 1S2 (1S74). 

 Pendulinus portoricensis Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S67, p. ^S. 

 Icterus xant/iomus Sundev. Oefv.X. Vet. Akad. Fdrh. 1S69, p. 1598. 

 Melano-psar portoricensis Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 32 (1S70). 

 Icterus portoricensis ^iCL. Si, Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 36 (1873). — 



ScL. Ibis, 1883, p. 361. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1S85). 

 Xanthornus portoricensis Gundl. Anal. Soc. Eso. Hist. VII, p. 210 



C1878). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage black; abdomen, crissum, rump, and 

 under wing-coverts yellow; wing-coverts bright yellow, forming a 

 broad shoulder patch; some of the feathers on the bellv faintly 

 edged with yellowish ; primaries edged with dull white on the basal 

 portion of the inner webs; wings and tail dark brown. 



Immatui-e males and females resemble those of /. dominicensis, and 

 go through the same varied stages of plumage. A greenish brown 

 specimen in my collection is labelled "adult female," but this is 

 probably incorrect. 



Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 3.50: tail, 3.25; tarsus, .95; bill, .67. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



Icterus laudabilis Scl. 



Icterus laudabilis ScL. P. Z. S. 187 1, p. 270.^ — ScL. & S.\LV. Nom. A\ium 

 Neotr. p. 36 (1S73).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 

 (18S0).— Scl. Ibis. 1883. p. 361. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1S85). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage glossy black; rump, thighs, lower 

 belly and lower half of back yellow, with a tinge of orange; under 

 wing-coverts, carpus, and lesser-coverts pale yellow; greater wino-. 

 coverts edged with white on the inner webs; lower mandible bluish 

 at the base ; upper mandible and legs brownish black. 

 Length (skin), 7.50; wing, 3.85; tail. 3.75: tarsus, .90. 

 Habitat. Santa Lucia. 



/ 

 Icterus cucullatus Swains. 



Icterus cucullatus Swains. Phil. Mag. 1827. p. 436. — Gundl. Repert. 



Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 2S6 (1866); ib.]. f O. 1S74, p. 127 (Cuba). 



—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 13 (1S85). 

 Hyphantcs costototl Gundl. J. f O. 1S56, p. 11 ; ih. 1861, p. 413 (Cuba). 

 Tpliantes bullockii Brewer. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) 



(Cuba). 



Recorded from Cuba. 



