ICTEPJD.E — THE ORIOLES. I.3I) 



Middle wing-coverts ichodif hu^ ,. ntf.Je. 



^Vin^r, 4.40; tail, ;i.80; culmcii. .1).",; tarsuji, l.oo. I/ah. Cuba. 

 /'. Fnualcs strijiod lieiieath ...... var. a s .si mil is. ^ 



Willi:. 4.*.)0 ; tail, .{.So ; culnn'ii, .!•<> ; tarsus, 1.10. Female. 

 White strijK's on Iciwcr ]»arts oxcetMlin<( the dusky ones in width; 

 a eous|»icn<)us li^hti-r superciliary stripe, and one struiij^ly indicalftl 

 on middle t)l" the erown. ILib. Wliole of Xurth Ameriea. south 

 to Guatemala ........ \ixr. phieii ice us. 



Middle wihij-coverts black, except at base. 



Winir. 5.«K»; tail, ."J.yO; euhnen, .90 ; tarsus, 1. 10. Female. White 

 stripes on lower parts mirr»>\ver tliaii tlusky ones; the }u»sterior 

 portion beneath beiiij; almost continuously <lusky. No trace of 

 median stripe on crown, and the superciliary one in(Ustinct. llab. 

 Pacific Province of United States, south through Western Mexico. 



var. <j ubernator . 



Middle iciiaj-corerts u-lioUy white in male. 



B. tricolor. Tail S(piare. Red of the shoulders a brownish-scarlet, or 

 burnt-carmine tint. Plack of the pluma-re (both sexes at all ages) with a 

 silky bluish lustre. Female with wing-coverts edged with pure white. 



Wing, 4.00; tail, 3.70; cnlmen, .U7 ; tarsus, 1.13. Female. Like 

 that oi gubernat')r,\)\\i with scarcely' any brownish tinge to the 

 plumage, and the lesser wing-coverts sharp'/ bordered with pure 

 white. Ilab. California (only ?V 



Agelaius phoeniceus, Yieillot. 



SWAMP BLACKBIBD ; &EDWINO BLACKBIBD. 



Oriolus phcenicciis, LiNX. Syst. Nat. I, 1<6(), 101. — G.mklin, I, 17»S, '6S6. — Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. I, 1790, 428. A<jrlaius jtluvniaus, " ViEiLLor, Anal. Ibl6." — bwAixsox, F. 

 Bor.-Ani. II, 1831, 280. — Hon a p. List, 1S38. — Ib. t'oiisp. 1850, 430. — Aui). Syn. 

 1839, 141.— In. liirds Am. IV, 1842, 31, pi. ccxvi. - Haiud, Hirds X. Am. 1858, 

 526. — Max. Cab. .1. VI, 1858, 2fi3. — CoopKii & SrcKi.KV, 2(t7. -C'ot.PKi:, Orn. Cal. 

 I, 187<», 261. — SamteI-s, 341. — Al.l.KN, Birds K. Fla. 284. Icterus jihanircus, 

 LiciiT. Verz. 1823, No. 188. — Box. Obs. Wils. 1824, No. t>8. —Aid. dm. Biog. I, 



1831, 348 ; V, 1839 487, ]•!. Ixvii. PstinM'olius phn'iiiC4ji(s, Wa<;i>ki:, Syst. Nat. 1827, 

 N<». 10. Icterus (XoiiffmniHs) pha'uiceMs, BoxAP. Syn. 1828, 52. — Nuttaix, Man. I, 



1832, 167, (2d ed.,) 179. SfKnius pm-dntorins, Wils(>x, Am. Orn. IV, iSll, 30, pi. 

 XXX. Rcd-wimjed Oriole, Pennant, Arctic Zool. 11, 255. 



Sp. Chak. Tail much rounded; the lateral feathers about half an inch shorter. Fourth 

 quill longest; first about as long as the tifth. Bill large, stout; half as high, or more 

 than half as high, as long. 



Male. General color uniiorm lustrous velvet-black, with a greenisli reflection. Shoul- 

 <lers and lesser wing-coverts of a bright crimson or vermilion-red. Middle coverts 

 brownish-yellow, or buff, and usually paler towards the tips. 



Female. Brown above, the feathers edged or streaked with rutbus-brown and 



1 Aqelaius assimilui, GrxDL. Cabanis, Journal, IX, 12 (nest). — Ib. Boston Jourual, VI 

 1853, 316. 



