Species of the Family Icteridie. 147 



botli sexes from Upper Amazonia. The long wings, as 

 already pointed out by Mr. Waterhouse, quite justify this 

 bird^s generic separation from its allies. 



Genus 3. Eucorystes. ^ 



Eucorystes'^ , gen. nov. ab Ocyaln clypeo frontali maximo supra 

 oculos producto, rostri cuhnine incurvato^ crista nuchali 

 tenui et alis brevioribus diversum. 



1. Eucorystes wagleri. 



Cassicus wagleri, Gray et Mitch. Gen. of B. p. 342, pi. 85. 



Ocyalus wagleri, Bp. Consp. p. 427 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, 



p. 153, 1857, p. 228, et 1859, p. 57 ; Cat. A. B. p. 127 ; Scl. 



et Salv. Ibis, 1857, p. 19, 1864, p. 353, 1870, p. 836, 1879, 



p. 508 ; Nomencl. p. 35 ; Salv. Ibis, 1861, p. 141, 1872, 



p. 317; P. Z. S. 1867, p. 142, 1870, p. 190; Cab. J. f. O. 



1861, p. 9; Sumichrast, Mem. Boston S. N. H. i. p. 553. 



Saturate brunneo-castaneus ; interscapulio, alis extus, ventre 



medio et subalaribus seneo-nigris ; cauda flava, rectricis 



utrinque extimse pogonio externo et rectricibus duabus 



mediis omnino nigris ; rostro albicanti-cinerco ; pedi- 



bus nigris : long, tota maris 14, alse 8, caudse 5, fem. 10'5, 



alee 5 "6, caudie 4. 



Hab. South Mexico, Vera Cruz [Sumichrast] ; Guatemala 

 {Salvin) ; Houdnras {Whitely) ; Co^ta 'Rica [v. Frantz.); Chou- 

 tales, Nicaragua (Belt) ; Veragua [Arce] ; Panama [McLean- 

 nafi) ; Antioquia {Salmon); Bogota; Balzar mountains, Ecua- 

 dor {Illing worth, Mus. S.-G.). 



As will be seen by the list of localities, Eucorystes wagleri 

 extends throughout Central America and beyond the isthmus 

 of Panama into Colombia and the littoral of Ecuador. I 

 have also seen skins of it of undoubtedly '* Bogota " manu- 

 facture. 



This Cassique has been hitherto referred to Ocyalus. But 

 I do not think it possible to justify its retention in that 

 genus, as it differs in several well-marked characters, nota- 

 bly so in the shape of the casque and form of the wing. 



* Ei5, bene, et KGpva-rrjs, galeatus. 



