1S4 NOKTIl AMKIMCAX lUUUS. 



lit ends; prciiter coverts with outer welis wholly white, and iiiiildle coverts 

 cntii-elv wliile, prodneiii.u; ii lai-e cons|iiriious U)iii;iliidiiiid piileh on the 

 wingi'tertials and seeondaries liioadly nh^fd with wliite, an<l piiuiaries more 

 narrowly skirted M'ilh tiie same. Other portions rich orange or yellow. 



Rump ii-riiyish-oiange; sides and Hanks deep orange; I'oreiiead and 

 iiuriculars orange; a broad siipraloral stri|ie ol' llie same. Xanthie tints 

 deep orange, with a reddisli tinge on the hreast. Wings, 4.00; tail, 

 3.50 ■ culnien. .SO; tarsus, .00. Hah. Westeiii Province of United 



States. y.u: h„n„rI.-<. 



Kuinp black ; sides and Hanks l)lack; Ibrehead and anricidars l)lack ; no 

 yellow or orange su|)raloral stripes. Xanthie tint a very intense gani- 

 iioue, without any .shade of orange. Wing, 4.00; tail, ;].r)0 ; cnlnien, 

 .75 ; tarsus, .85. /M. .Mexico ..... . var. « ft e i7/." .' 



Icterus vulgaris, D.vtniN. 



TBOTTFIAL. 



OriolHS ictrrm, LiNN. Syst. Xat. 1, UOii, Kil. Idcni.i vul(,(,ris, " l\u di.n." - Ann. I'.irds 

 Am. Vll, 1844, anT, pi. ecw.xei.v. - Br. (-'(.iispeetiis Av. ISM, 4;i4. — B.uiil), liirds 

 N. Am. ISoS, r.42. — Cass. 1'. A. X. .S. lMJ7, 40. Le Imiqnak vnhjuiir, Uukfon, 

 I'l. oul. "532" (.-iU.1, I'.l'.K 



8p. Cn.Mi. Bill curved. Throat and chin with narrow pointed feathers. A nakccl 

 space around and behind th.; eye. Tail-li%ithers graduated. Head an.l upper i)art of 

 neck all round, and beneath from tail to upper part of breast, inler.scapidar region of 

 back, winu's, and tail, black. Rest of under part.s, a collar on the lower hind neck, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverl.s, yellow-orange. Abroad liand on the wing and outer edges of 

 .second.arie.s, white. Lenglh, 10 inches ; wing, 4..".0 : tail, 4.50 ; bill above, l.:!5. 



II.Mi. Xorthern South America and We.st Indies? Accidental on this .southern coast 

 of the United States ? 



Tliis i.s the luvgost Oficle .said to Ik- iouiid in llio T'liitiMl States, and diflere 

 tVoin the rest in it.s bnocr liill, and pointed, oh)n,L;ated ieather.s on the thrt)at. 

 The hill i.s atteimated, and somewhat decnrved. The third (jnill is longest, 

 tlie first (inill almost the shortest of all the primaries. The outer tail-l'eather 

 is aliout .()() of an ineh less than the middle. 



There is only a trace of whitisli on the edges of the iirimaries. The 

 hroad wliite edges to tlie .secondaries are eontintiotis in the folded wing with 

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

 The extreme and concealed liase of the tail is white. 



One specimen has the light markings yellow, instead of orange. 



This species is given by ]Mr. Andtibon as Xortii American, on thts strength 

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

 lis was received from Mr. Audubon (2,84ll), and is, ])ossibly, North Ameri- 



1 IdrvMhiilJiiili, \-.n.iih,-ilhi. Xtinllmni'is ninilh'i, I.r.ss. licv. 'Am<\. lS:i!l, 101. Ifii/ikanfcs 

 a. C.\ss. 1'. A. X. S. ]S(i7, (i-i. ' (In'ii/iis nis/.i/ull. Cm. .Syst. Xat. I, iisr>, 17S8. 



The oidy essential dillVrcmi' lioiii /. h.iUm-l.i is in the greater niuouiit of black, it bcuig 

 merelv more extended, while tlie pattern is the same. 



