ICTERIDyE — THE OraOLES. 159 



AfiiMc wiiifj-eoverl.1 u-holhj huff in male. 



Win?, 4.-10; tail, ;!.8(); cnliiifn, .'J') ; tiirsus, l.OD. Huh. Ciibji. 

 fc. Fenmk's striped beneatl. vm. «.s.s/m//i..' 



Win^', 4."J0 ; tail, iJ.S.J ; cuIiikmi, .IKi ; tarsus, 1.10. Female. 

 Wliilo strijios on lower parts oxceoiliiiii; the dusky ones in width; 

 a conspiruous li>;liler supurc-iliary stripe, and one struMf^ly indiciileil 

 oil middle of llio erown. Hah. Wliole of Xurlli Anieriea, south 

 to (Jnatemala xm: phwniceus. 



Middle iriiifz-coverts hlack, crcept at base. 

 AVin<r, 5.00; tail, .3.90 ; ouhnen, .90; tarsus, 1. 10. Female. White 

 stripes on lower parts narrower than dusky ones; the posterior 

 portion beneath being almcst continuously dusky. No traee of 

 median stripe on erown, and the snpereiliary ouo indistinct. Hah. 

 Paciiic Proviiiee of United States, south through Western Mi'xico. 



var. <j uherna lor . 



Middle winy-coverts wholly white in male. 

 B. tricolor. Tail sipiare. Red of the shonldeis a Ijrownish-.searlet, or 

 burnt-earmine tint. Hlaek of the plumage (both se.xes at all ages) with a 

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



Wing, 4.90; tail, ;i.70; euhnen, .97 ; tarsus, 1.13. Female. Like 

 that ot giihernator, \mt with searcely any brownish tinge to the 

 l)lutnage, and the lesser wing-coverts sharjily bordered with pure 

 white. Hab. California (oidy ?V 



Agelaius phoeniceus, Vieillot. 



SWAHP BLACKBIRD ; REDWING BLACKBIRD. 



Orioh,.^ Vhmniceus, 1,ixx. Syst. Nat. 1, 1760, l(il. - Umklix, I, 1788, ;J80. - Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. I, 1790, 428. Aydaitis i>h,viu,riis, " Vieillot, Anal. ISlti." — Swaix.sox, 1. 

 Bor.-Am. II, 1831, 280. — ItoXAf. List, 1838. — In. t'oiisp. 1850, 430. — Alm). Syn. 

 1839, 141.— 111. liinls Am. IV, 1842, 31, pi. ecxvi. - lUllil), Birds X. Am. 1858, 

 52(i.'-MAX. Cab. .1. VI, 1858, 263. -CoopKii & Si'ciu.KV, 207. -C'oorKU, Orn. Cal. 

 I, 1870, 2til.-"SAMrKi..s, 341. — Ai.ir.N, Hirds K. Kla. 284. Ivtenis jihmiireM.s, 

 l'iciit. Verz. 1823, Xo. 188. — IloN. Obs. Wils. 1824, No. ti8. — Afl>. Oni. Hiog. 1, 



1831, 348 ; V, 1839, 487, ]<\. Ixvii. f'.wriicoliun pliniiicciis, Waolki!, Syst. Nat. 182(, 

 N... 10. rclcriis iXatilhunius) /ihaiiiceu.',, liosAf. Syii. 1828, 52. — Nt'rrAr.l,, Man. I, 



1832, l(i7, (2d I'd,,) 179. Sttinnoi /n-fediitoriii.i, Wii.sox, Am. On.. IV, 1811, 30, pi. 

 XXX. licd-winijed Urioh, Pennant, Aivtic Zoiil. II, 255. 



Sp. C'liAit. Tail much rounded ; the lateral feathers about half an inch .shorter. Fourth 

 quill longc.^st; first about as long as the lifth. Bill large, .stout; half as high, or more 

 than half as high, as long. 



Male. General color uniform lustrous velvet-black, with a greeni.sh rellection. Shoul- 

 ders and lesser wing-eovert.s ol' a bright crimson or vermiliou-red. Middle coverts 

 brownish-vellow, or IhiIV. and usually paler towards the tips. 



Female' Brown above, the featl'iors edged or streaked with rufous-brown and 



I Aijelaius assimili^i, OrxDi,. Cabanis, .lournal, IX, 12 (Wiit). -- In. Boston Journal, VI. 

 1853, 310. 



