FAMILY ICTERUS 



merging into a white line over the eye; most of 

 under parts rose red. Bill blue gray, dusky at 

 base. 



Female. Length 185 mm. (7.30 in.); tail 80 

 mm. (3.10 in.). Browner above; rose red of 

 male replaced by tawny. 



Immature male. Similar to female; tawny 

 more or less tinged with red. 



A rather stout and rather short-tailed bird 

 above the medium size for a tanager. It is 

 not a typical tanager, as its name " Thrush 

 Tanager" indicates, and there has been some 

 disagreement as to what family it belongs in. 

 This is one of the most beautiful of the Panama 

 birds, and though fairly common and widely 

 distributed, is more easily heard than seen, on 

 account of the dense character of the thickets 

 and second-growth jungle it frequents. The 

 male has a surprisingly loud and sweet whistle 

 of notes of different pitches, also a low call of an 

 unhurried repetition of a single note. He often 

 sits for some time in one place, whistling at 

 intervals, but well concealed by the dense 

 foliage. 



63. Family ICTERIDJE 

 The American Orioles, Grackles and their Allies 



This exclusively American family includes 

 a fairly large and varied assemblage of birds, 

 most of which have more or less striking 



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