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ICTERID.E. 



2. North America (T. M. B reiver : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 4. North America (I). G. Elliot: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. North America (Smiths. Inst.). 



North America (Smiths. Inst.). 



North America, l:jth J une (Smiths. 

 Inst.). 



North America (Henshaw Coll.). 



Bangor, Maine, 1st June (G. Shep- 

 herd) (in nest of Sialia sialis). 



Itlia -a, New York, 25th June 

 (W. E. D. Scott). 



Massachusetts (Henshaw Coll.}. 



Princeton, New Jersey (W.E.D.S.). 



1. Princeton, 26th May (with 3 eggs 

 of Geotlilijpis trie-has). 



1. Princeton, 13th J une ( IV.E D.S.). 



2. Princeton, 14th June (with 2 eggs 



of Icteria viridis). 



1. Columbus, Ohio (P. M. Whealer : 

 Tristram Coll.) (in nest of 

 XiOpkophanes bicolor). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Princeton University. N.J. 



[E.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. Radclitt'e Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Molothrus obscurus (Gmel.). 

 (Plate XVI. figs. 14 & 18.) 



Molothrus ater obscurus, Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. fy Geocjr. Surr. Ten: 

 v. p. 396 (1879) ; Nehrlmg, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. vii. p. 166 (1882) ; 

 Ridyw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. ii. p. 210 (1902). 



Molothrus pecoris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 333 (1886) [part.]. 



Molothrus obscurus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 490 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 342 (1910). 



Four eggs of the Dwarf Cow-bird are similar to those of M. aler, 

 but smaller. They measure respectively: *83 by '62; -8 by '6; 

 75 by -6 ; '75 by : 58. 



4. San Antonio, Texas, May (in nests 

 of Vireo belli). 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Molothrus bonariensis (Gmel.). 



Icterus bonariensis, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxvii. fig. 12 (1845- 



54). 

 Molothrus sericeus, Burmeister, La Plata Reise, ii. p. 494 <1861) ; Holtz, 



J'.f. O. 1870, p. 15, Taf. i. fig. 1. 

 Molothrus bonariensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 862 ; Hudson, P. Z. S. 1874, 



p. 153 ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 335 (1886) j Scl % Buds. 



Argent. Orn. i. p. 72 (1888) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 198 ; Aplm, 



Ibis, 1894, p. 172; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 100 (1899) ; Euler, 



Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 35 (1900) ; Ihering, t. c. p. 220 (1900) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 490 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 342 



(1910) ; C. Grant, Ibis, 1911, p. 103. 



