184 NORTH AMKIIICAX lUllDS. 



jit ends; jjreater coverts witli oiiUm- welts wholly white, ami miiMle coverts 

 entirelv while, prodiieinjjj a lai'^f coiisj»ieuous louiiitudiiial paieli on the 

 will"'"; tei-tials aii<l sfcondjuies hioadlv eih'ed with wiiite. ami primaries more 

 narrowly skirted with the same. Other portions rich oran_i;e or yellow. 



liunijf irrayish-oiaiij^e; sides and Hanks deep orani^e; I'orehead and 

 anriculars orange: a broad supraloral stri[»e ot" the same. Xanthie tints 

 deep orantrt'. with a re<ldish tinge on the breast. Wings, 4.(I0; tail, 

 o.oO; culnR'n, .SO; tarsus, .!M». Hah. Westi'rn Province ol' Tnited 



States var. h >i llnrk i . 



liump hiaek ; sides ami llanks lilaek ; ibrehead and aurienlars black ; no 

 yellow or orange supraloral stripes. Xanthie tint a v«'ry intense gan»- 

 boge, without any shade of orange. Wing, 4.00; tail, .■].')0 ; <;ulnien, 

 .75; tarstis, .85. Ilab. Mexico var. aheillci} 



Icterus vulgaris, Daidin. 



TBOUPIAL. 



Oriolus icterus, LiXN. Syst. Xat. 1, 17tJH, 1«)1. Idcrm vuhjarh, "Daidin." — Acn. liirds 

 Am. VI 1, 1S41, 3.".:, pi. rt'cixcix. — Bl'. Conspectus Av. 18.jO, 4:}4. — B.\lKl), liirds 

 X. Am. 1S5>, f)42. — Cass. V. A. N. 8. l6G7, 4t>. Lc troiipialc vuhjairc, Buffon, 

 PI. eul. "532" (:.35, Bp.). 



.>^p. CiiAi:. Bill cinved. Throat and chin with narrow pointed feathers. A luiked 

 space around and bi-hind the eye. Tail-feathers graduated. Head and upper part of 

 neck all round, and beneath from tail to uj»per part of l»rcast, interscapular region of 

 back, wings, and tail, black. Rest of under parts, a collar on the lower hin<l neck, rump, 

 and ui)per tail-covi-rts, yellow-orange. A bnnid bantl on thi^ wing and outer edges of 

 secondarii's. white. Length, 10 inches; wing, 4.o0 : tail, 4.50; bill al)ove, l.oo. 



Tl.vn. Northern South America an<l Wost Indies? Accidental on the southern coast 

 of the United States? 



This is the hirgost Oriole said to be fotiiid in the T^'iiited States, and differs 

 from tlie rest in its lonoer hill, and })ointed, elonsjated leathers on tlie throat. 

 The hill is attenuated, and somewhat decurved. The third (juill is longest, 

 the first (|iiill almost the shortest ot" all the primaries. The outer tail-feather 

 is ahout .<)(! of an inch less than the middle. 



There is only a trace of whitish on the edges (jf the ]»riniaries. The 

 br(»Md white edges to the seeondaries are continuous in the folded wing with 

 the white on the gieiiter coverts, the lowest row of which, however, is black. 

 The extreme and concealed base of the tail is white. 



One S])ecimen has tin.' \vj}\i markinos vellow, instead of orani^e. 



This species is given by ^Ir. Audubon as Xorth American, on the strength 

 of occasional stragulers from South America. One of the specimens before 

 us was received from Mr. Audubon (2,842), and is, possibly, Xorth Ameri- 



1 Icterus hul lock i, \\\v. nticilhi. Xanthnrmis <it>i illi, Lf.ss. Rov. Zoiil. 1839, 101. Hnphantcs 



(I. Pass. r. A. X. S. 18ti7, (\± ' ih-irlns ,„st,,tutl. (;>!. Syst. Xat. I. 3sr., 1788. 



Tin' only fsyeutial diflVrt'U'i- fnnri /. tmlfncki is in tho greater aiuount of black, it being 

 mtii'ly more extemled, while tlie pattern is the same. 



