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L spuriuB. Head, neck, liack. scaimlars, wiii<rs, ami tail, deep 

 black ; (.(tlier portions, inclu<liuic lesser and middle \viiii.^-eoverts. 

 linintjf of wiii^', and the tail-coverts, above and l»elo\v, chestnut - 

 nitons; fjreater coverts and secondaries edited with dull white, 

 and tail-feathers margined terminally witii the same. Female 

 j^reenish-yellow, darker above. YtniiKj )nale in second year 

 similar, but witii a bhick patch covering face and throat. Wing. 

 3.20; tail, ;;.'J0, its gradiiati»)n. .4."; ; culmen, .7.'» : tarsus, .92. Ilah. 

 Eastern Province of United States ; south throughout Middle 

 Ameri<.-a, to New Granada. 

 b. Tail-feathers (except the two middle ones) with theii- basal half 

 yellow, 



I. parisorum. Head, neck, jugulum, back. scaj)ulars. wings, and 

 termiral half oi* tail, deep black; rest of phunage, including lesser 

 and middle wing-coverts, l)right lemon-ycdlow, a|>proaching white 

 on the middle ctjveris ; greater coverts tipped with white, and 

 tertials edged with the same : tail-feathers margined terminally 

 with the same. Sexes very diiferetit, Ilah. Mexico: Rio Grande 

 Valley ami Cape St. Lucas. 

 B* Crown, occiput, nape, and auriculars, orange ; frontlet, lores, cheeks, 

 chin, throat, and jugulum, deep black. 



L cucullatus. ]Jack, scapulars, wings, and tail, and jiatch covering 

 jugulum and throat, extending up over lores, around (>yes and across 

 frontlet, deep black. Other portions orange. Sexes very ditferent. 



Lesser coverts black: middle coverts white ; greater coverts tipped 

 with white, and secondaries, [irimariejj, and tertials edged with the 

 same; tail-feathers with narrow white tips. Wing. o.'oO; tail. 

 4.00; cidmen, .80; tarsus, ,90. Sexes very unlike. Ilah. Southern 

 border of Western Fnited States (San Bernardino, California, 

 Camp Grant, Arizona and Rio Grande of Texas), south through 

 Mexico to Guatemala ; Capo St. Lucas . . . var. cii r n 11 ntu a. 



Lesser coverts gamboire-vellow : middle coverts vellow ; no white 

 on wings or tail. Wing, 3..')0 ; tail, 3.90 ; culmen, .85: tarsus, .90. 

 Ilah. New Granada, Venezuela, and Trinidad . \av. a u r icapil J ii s .^ 

 HYPHANTES. Crown, back, scapulars, wings, and pait of tad, deep black; 

 wing with much white. Other portions orange or yellow. Sexes very dif- 

 ferent. 



L baltimore. Head entirely deep black; tnil orange, the leathers black at 

 base ; greater coverts broadly tipped with white ; secondaries and prima- 

 ries sknted with the same. Other portions rich, mellow orange, the rump 

 as intense as the breast. Wing, about 3.75; tail, 3.o0; culmen, .80; tar- 

 sus, .97. 



(Specimens from Eastern United States and Middle America with 

 middle coverts deep orange.) 



(Specimens from the Plains of Kansas, Nebraska, etc., with middle 



coverts pure white. Some eastern specimens similar.) 



L bullocki. Head mainly Idack. with an orange or yellow superciliary 



stripe, and a broader one beneath the eye. cutting off the black of the 



throat into a narrow strip ; tail orange or yellow, the feathers with black 



1 Icfenis cucullatus, var. aurkapillns. Icterus nuricapilliLs, C.vss. P. A. N. S. 1847, 382. — 

 IB. Joum. A. N. S. I, 1)1. xvi, f. 2. — lu. P. A. N. S. 1867, 60. 



