1S8 N'OIiTII AMEinCAX IJIIIDS. 



Icterus parisorum, F'.onai' 



SCOTTS OBIOLE. 



Icterus ])iifi'"i,-i( III, ("|{i>N-. Acad. Hniioli. ISIid.") — Hi'. IV. Zni>l. Sop. V, 1S:17. 100.— 

 ll.uiin, Itinls N. Am. 18.".8, 544, pi. Ivii, I'. 1 ; Mcx. 1'.. II, Itiids, in, pi. \ix, f. 1. 

 — Cassis, I'r. 18t)7, 54. — Cimu'ki!, Orii. Cal. I, lS7(i, •JTi!. Xiiul/iui-iiiis ji'ii'i!,oi'i<,ii, 

 III. ('oiis|ii'etu.s, 1850, 4U4. Ii-li-nin iiii'/iiiiiifiiri/siirii, l,i;ss(i\, Hev. JCoul. 1839, 105.— 

 Jdcriis milli, t'ui'fll, I'r. A. X. Sc. I'liil. VII, Apiil, 1854, liii (Coahiiilii). 



Sp. Cii.vii. Bill .'ittonuatpd; not iniicli (Icciirvcil ; tiiil inoilcniti'ly }:i-iii1miiI(mI. Iload 

 and neck all roiniil, brua-st, iiitui^^ciipulai' irjiinn, wiiiu's, and tail, lilack. rmlLT [larts 

 generally, liindcr part of back to Ibc tail, iiiiddk' and k'sser niipcr, and wliulc ol' lower 

 wini^-coverts, and base of IIk; tail-fcathcis, j.''anil)oj,''('-yello\v ; a baud aei'o.ss the ends of 

 the i^ieatef cdveits, with the edjres of the inner secondaries and terliarie.s, white. Lenutli, 

 8.1i."); extent, 11.7."); winjr, 4.(i0 ; tail. ;].7') ; tarsus, .!)"). 



Female. Olivaceous above, the b.aek with obsi)lete dusky streaks; rniiip and under 

 parts yellowi.sh, clouded with iiray. Tail brownish-olive on upper surface, more yellow 

 beneath; win;,'s with two white bands. 



IIai!. Valley of the Hio Grande; south to (ruateiiiala In Texas, found on the I'eeos. 

 Cape St Lueas. Oaxaca, winter (Sci,. 1858, 303); Ori/.alni (Scl. 18G0, 2'>l} ; Vera Cruz, 

 temp, and aljiine (."^im. M. B. S. I, (wS). 



Tlie liill is .slender tiiicl atteimated, very little dooiirved. luucli less .so than 

 in /. ciiviilhtti'fi, slenderer and a little mure deciirvetl than in /. bdltunore. 

 Tile tail is moderately graduated, the outer leather .45 of an inch les.s than 

 the middle. 



In this sjieeies the black feathers of the nock, except helow, have a suh- 

 termiiial bar of yellow ; elsewliere it is wantiii,i;. The black of the breast 

 comes a little po.sterior to the anterior extremity of the folded winu;. The 

 posterior feathers in the yellow jiatch on the shoulders are tinoed witli white. 

 The white in the bar across the ends of the <;reater coverts is conliued 

 mainly to the terminal (|iiarter of an inch of the outer web. In the full 

 jiluiiiage, there is oidy a faint trace of white on the edges of the ])riniaries. 

 The yeHow of the base of the tail oidy extends on tin' middle feather as far 

 as the end of the upper tail-coverts ; on tlie three outer, it reaches to within 

 an inch and a quarter of tin; end of the tail. 



An immature male has the yellow more tinged with green, the black feath- 

 eiM of the head and back olivaceous witii a lilack spot. 



Specimens vary much in si/e ; the more northern being tlu; larger. 



Icltvns iriujliri ^ i.s an alli(Ml species I'oiind just south of the liio (irande 

 by Lieutenant Couch, but not yet detected within our limits. 



1 Icterus u-niilf-ri, Sn.ATEi!, Pr. Zniil. ."^dc. 1857, 7.— liAilin, liiids X. Am. 1858, 545, |il. 

 Ivii, f. 2.— 111. Mcx. n. II, Birds, 10, jil. xix, f. 2. -('a>s, Pr. IStw, 55. I'miroroliuH Jhiri- 

 f/iitlir, Waoi.ki!, Isis, 182!', 750 (not of Vir.ii.l.oi). I'eii'liiliniis i/niiiiin'riiisi.i, Hr. Coiisp. 1850, 

 rs-2 (not of I.isx.). 



Sp. Chai:. liill imucIi attcniLTti'd niid eoiisidciably (Iccinvrd. Tail consiilciahly i,'i'adnat('d. 

 Head and luck all round, back (the col' " cxtulKliiiy above over tin; whole iiilcrsfapular ii'j;ioii), 



