iS86.] Cory on the Birds of the If 'est Indies. 2 2 1 



Agelaius xanthomus Scl. 



Agelaiiis ehrysoptcrus Vieill. Nouv. Diet. 34, p. 539. — Gundl. Anal. Soc. 



Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 211 (1878); ib. J. f. O. 187S, p. 177. 

 Icterus xanthomu'i ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 131 (1S62). — Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 



p. 168.— Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 254 (1866). 

 Ilyphantes xanthomus Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, p. 63. 

 Agehvus chrysopterus Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1S69, p. 597. — 



Scl. &. Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 37 (1S73). 

 AgelcEus xanthomus Scl. Ibis, 1884, p. 12. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 14 



(1SS5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage lustrous black; shoulders and coverts 

 bright golden yellow; quills and tail showing a faint brownish tinge, 

 apparently wanting in some specimens. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 8; wing, 4.50; tail, 3. 50; tarsus, .95; bill, .60. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



Agelaius phoeniceus (Linn.). 



Oriolus phceniceus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 161 (1766). 



Agelceus phoeniceus Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 11 (Cuba). — Cory, Bds. Baha- 

 ma I. p. 98 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 14 (1885). 



Agelaius phceniceus 'BkyA'st, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 119 (1859) 

 (Bahamas). 



Not uncommon in the Bahama Islands where it probably breeds. 

 Cuba .? 



Agelaius assimilis Gundi.. 



Agelaius assimilis Gundl. in Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 64 (1850) ; ib. J. f. O. 



1S56, p. 12; /Z>. 1S61, pp. 332,413; ib. 1874, p. 131. — Brewer, Pr. 



Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 



.33 (1870). 

 Agelaius phoeniceus var. assimilis Coues, Bds. N. W. p. 186 (1874). — Bd. 



BwR. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 159 (1874). 

 Agelceus assitnilis Scl. Ibis, 18S4, p. 10. — -Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 14 



(1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Similar to Agelceus phcvniceus, but somewhat smaller. 

 Female: — Entirely black; showing a brownish tinge on the head, 

 back, and breast. 



Length (skin), 7.75; wing, 3.75; tail. 3; tarsus, i ; bill, .75. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



