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aro morn ohldiij; in sliain! than tlio prccodinu, Imt nearly ciiually f)l)tii.sc at 

 uitlier t'nd. Tlu-y aiv similar in j^munil-i'iilor to tlio /i/ia iiiiriis, \mt n\v. cii' a 

 sli^'litly tli't'iici' hIui'i! (if Idiic, and are marked around ont! end with a riiij,' 

 of dark slaty-browu, almost black, lines, and irregular oblony blotches. 



Geni;m XANTHOCEPHALUS, Bonap. 



Xanthoccphiihts, Hunai'. ('()iis|K'i;tu.s, ISOO, 431. ^T>'l"-'i Ii^lcriis n/iriifi'jilialun, BonaI'.) 



Gen. CnAit. Hill ('(iiiii'al, thu loiipth nlioiit twice the lioi^'ht ; the outlines nearly 

 .'•trnight. Claws ail very long; nuiuii curved; the inner liiternl the longest, reaching 



Xanthorephahis icterorephnhix. 



beyond the middle of the middle elaw. Tail narrow, nearly even, the outer weh scarecly 

 widening to tlie end. Winsrs long, much longer than the tail ; the first quill longest. 



This genus differs from typical Ar/rhdns in much longer and more curved 

 claws, even tail, and first ([Uill longest, instead of the longest being the 

 .second, third, or fourth. The yellow head and lilack body are also strong 

 marks. 



Xanthocephalus icterocephalus, Ikurd. 



YELLOW-HEADED BL&CKBISD. 



IctenM ictn-nerphnJiin, Honap. Am. Oin. I, 182.''), 27, I'l. iii. — Xi'TT. Stan. T, 1832, 17fi. — 

 III., (2il cd,,) 187 (not Orioltis kferiHvphahi.i, Linn.). Aijchtiiin kkrocephahis, Caiianis, 

 Mus. Heiii. 1S.'>1, 188. Icterus (X(nithonius) xanlliocephahis, BoNAr. .1. A. N. Si'. V, 

 II, Feb. 1826, 222. — In. Syii. 1828, ti'i. Irln-us xantlwcephahis. Am. Orii. liioc;. V, 

 18.'30, 6, 111. coclxxxviii. Aijehiitis uvnthoirphdliis, SwAlNsoK, F. Bor.-Aiii. II, IS."?!, 

 281. — Bon. List, 1838. — Aui). Syii. 1839, 140. —III. Hirds Am. IV, 1842, 24, \>\. 

 ccxiii. — Ni-.wiiEliliV, Zt)i)l. Cal. and Or. Route ; Kcp. P. U. R. Surv. VI, iv, 18."i7, 

 86. — Max. Cab. ,1. VI, ISoS, 301. — Hekum. X, S, r>2 (nest). Aijclaius IniKjip'-K, 

 SwAiNsdN, Phil. Mug. I, 1827, 43fi. P.mrocn/iiis perspicil/arm, " LiciiT." Waolki!, 

 Isis, 1829. VII, 753. Liei-im pTspii-i/hihin, " Lu'iri'. in Mus." Waoi.EU, as aliovc 

 XntithncrplKtlus jwrupk-illdlun, BoNAr. Coiisp. ISTiO, 431. Icicrits fremitus, LieiiT. 

 IsLs, 1843, .59. — Rkimiahht, in Krovei's Tidskrift, IV. — In. Vidensk. Mcddcl. lor 

 18.53, 18.')4, 82 (Grocidaud). Xanlhoccphidus u-ti^roce/ihulus, BaiiU), M. B. II, Birds, 

 18 ; Birds N. Am. 1858, 531. — Cooper, Om. Cal. I, 1870, 2«7. 



