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Male, length 9 in. ; wing 4 ; tail 3 ; bill lj\ ; tarsus II. 



Female," 8|; " 3|; " 2|; " 1^ ; " 1/^. 



A comparison of the Cnbau birds with specimens from 

 Jalapa, Mexico, also called hippocrepis, shows them to be of 

 about the same size, dilieringonly in the pectoral band appear- 

 ing broader in the Mexican bird, and the tertials much shorter 

 than the primaries, but this last may not be a reliable cha- 

 racter. 



15. Icterus ciictillatii§, Swainson. 



Icterus cucullatus, Sw. Philos. Mao;., i., 1827, p. 43G. 



" Bullockii, Guild. Jour. f. Orn. Jan. 1856, p. 10. 

 Hyphantes costototl Cabaii. " " 



Male. Front, head, hind part and sides of the neck, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts and entire under plumage, except the throat, deep yellow inclin- 

 ing to orange, the hind neck and rump a little obscure, back dusky yel- 

 lowish olive, darker on the inter-scapular region ; tail black, some of the 

 feathers olive, no doubt when fully mature all are black ; wino-s brown 

 the ends of the middle coverts and the outer edges of the greater, nar- 

 rowly edged with white ; under wing coverts, yellow ; space in front of 

 the eye to the bill, throat, and fore part of neck to the breast, black ; 

 bill black, bluish on the sides of the lower mandible at the base ; legs 

 and feet black. 



Length — 7|- in.; wing 3j; tail 3f ; tarsus |. 



The bird above described is from Mr. Forns's collection, and 

 is not fully mature. In size and general appearance it so much 

 resembles I. cucullatus, that at present I am inclined to consi- 

 der them the same. In its present plumage there is no black 

 on the back, but the olive-green occupies the same position and 

 is about as much in extent as the black in tlie adult cucullatus • 

 the black on the face is forward of the eye, not extendino- under 

 it to the posterior angle as in cucullatus. 



A young male from Dr. Gundlach's collection is greenish- 

 olive above, with the rump yellowish and the tail greenish- 



