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MOLOTHRUS, 



Molothrus, Swainson, Faun. Bor. Am. Birds, p. 494 (1831). 



1301. Molothrus pecoris* 



Fringilla pecoris, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 910. 



Molothrus pecoris, Baird, Brew. & Bidgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 154. 



a $ N. America (N. C. Strickland) 1838. 



1302. Molothrus aeneus. 



Psarocolius ceneus, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 758. 



Molothrus ceneus, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 135. 

 . a Guatemala (J. Constancia) 1845. b, c Guatemala 

 (/. Constancia) 1848. 



1303. Molothrus bonariensis. 



Tanagra bonariensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 898. 



Molothrus bonariensis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 193. 



Icterus sericeus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 1 9. 



Molothrus sericeus, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 135. 



a S. America (Askew) 1834. b Brazil (Johnson) 1837. c 

 Brazil (Askew) 1837. d, e (N. C. Strickland) 1838. / 

 (Askew) 1840. g (Thomas) 1842. 



1304. Molothrus atronitens. 



Molothrus atronitens, Cab, Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 682. 

 a Bogota? (Bt. at Stevens 's) 1845. 



Agrees with specimens of this small race of M. bonariensis found 

 in Guiana. The habitat 'Bogota' assigned to it is probably erroneous. 



AGEL^EUS. 

 Agelaius, Vieillot, Anal. p. 33 (1816). 



1305. Agelaeus phoanicseus. 



Oriolus phwnicceus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 161. 



Agelceus phcenicceus, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 135 : Baird, Brew. 

 & Bidgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 159. 



a N. America (N. C. Strickland) 1829. b N. America 

 (Johnson). c, d, e N. America (Askew) 1834. -f 

 Guatemala (J. Constancia) 1848. g N. America. 



