icTKiai).!'; — TiiK ()iti()i,i;.s. IS'.) 



Habits. Nut-.tlistainliliu' tlio i\]iliaiciil iilniliiliilU'i! nf ihc sjKrirs ut ('aiu; 

 St. Liiciis, ami also in Norllii'iii .Mexico aliiii,^ (nir fUtiie iiindcr, as llir as 

 Now Mexicu ami Texas, (lur kiKiwlcd^c of its liistmy slill VLMiiains iniili' iii- 

 coiiiplt'tu. A siiio;lo .siK^ciiiiuii was dlilaiuiMl in Wcstcni Texas on tlic IVco.s 

 IfivLT, liy Caiptaiu I'ujii', in lS,")(i. Oiiuns were olitaiiicil liy Lit'iiluiiaut 

 Cuuch, Ajii'il, IS;-)"), at Santa Calarina, in .Mexico. Tliey were first seen liy 

 him in tlie vicinity ol' Monterey. 'I"iie> wcih; I'ouml to lie j^cnerally of se- 

 cluded lialiit.s. Their son,t,', consisting oi' three or lour notes, is .said to he 

 both rich and melodious. 



In the State of Vera Cruz, this .species is [fiven hy Sumichrast as oceurrin;;- 

 in liotli tiie temperate and tiie alpine regions lis common name is Cdliin- 

 c/rin iiuUa. They are said l)y him to occur cliielly in the tmnperate jiarts, 

 where they breed, but nut to be o.xchisively conlined there, i'or tliey are also 

 found in the al])ine region to the height of at least live thousand feet, near 

 Orizaba, and on the ])lateau at even a higher elevation. Dr. Cooper .saw a 

 bird at Fort Mohave, in A])ril, which he suppcsed to be tiiis bird, liut he was 

 not able to assure him.self of the fact, liy ol)taining it. 



Mr. Xantus found this .species very aliundant during his stay at Capo St. 

 Lucas, and ]irocured a nundier of specimens of tiie birds and of their nests 

 and egg.s. From his brief notes we gatlier that tiie nests are open, and are 

 not pensile. One, found ^lay 'I'l, was laiilt in a liuncii of muss lianging 



wiiijjs, 1111(1 tiiil, iiicluilin.u; tlip wliolc of tlic lnwci- (•nvcrls mid llic li|is nl' lln- ii]iiicr, Muck. 

 I.cssiT ami iiiiililli' ii|i|irr, with lower wiii,;,'-iovrits, iiimlir iiiiit ol' iMik, riiiii|i, ami uiidrr ]iiiits 

 fji'iii'iiilly (rxci']it tail-coverts), oi'aii},'e-y('llow. l.ciij,'tli, !).."iii ; cxlciil, lii.dn : wiii.n, l.-'jii ; tail, 

 4.2.") ; tarsus, 1.1.'). 



l'i»/i;/ »/• ffiiKih. Aliovi" yrlliiwisli-j;n'('ii : imnc yellow on lirail ; (liroat black ; si.lcs of 

 neck ami lioily liciieatli dull yellow. \Viii}j;s dark lirowii. the covcils cdj;ed witli wliite ; middle 

 tail-featlicrs binwiiisli-lilaik ; outer ycllowisli-;;ieeii. Lcii^itli alioiit .S im-lics. 



Vouiif^er birds arc entirely dull olivc-jjivcii above ; lieinMih j,'reeiiisli-y( How. 



Huh, \orllieastcrn .Mi'xico to llio (iraiide Valley; south to ( liiateinala. Oaxacii, .Ian. and 

 JIarch (.Sci.. 18."i'.l, .')S1> ; ("iuateniala (.Sci,. Ibis, I, 2ii) ; Vera Cm/, hot nj,'ioii, resident (.Simi- 

 ciiKAsr, .M. li. .^. 1, M-i). 



.\ close ally, ami jicrliaps only a rai'c, of this species, is the /. p,-'i''/liinh'lns, .>sii!ici<i.., which 

 dill'ers in smaller size, and in haviiii; the lower tail-coviMts y.dlow iiisiead ol' black (si'c .syiiu[.iieal 

 table, p. 77SK 



H.MMis. This line species appiars to be all abundant bird from Northern Mexico Ihron^liuut 

 that republic ami ('ciitral .\nicrica to Costa liica. I am not aware that any specimens liavi' bci n 

 jirocurcd actually within our territory. It was met with at .'saltillo, in thi' stale of Coaliuila, 

 Mexico, by l.ieuteiialit I'oucli, where mily a single specimen was obtained. It was taken at the 

 raiieho of f)jn Caliai/f, or Hot .Spring's. It was ipiite shy and dillieiilt of a|i]proacli. Like all the 

 otlii'r Orioles, it appeared to lie i|uile fond of the palm-tri'c known as the .Spanish liayom'l. 

 It is ijiveii by .'iiiniichrast as oceurriiif; in the dciiartiiicnt of Vera Ciiiz. where it ajipciirs to be 

 eonlined to the hot rcj^ioii. It is iiuite lomnion in the district of Cordova, to the heij^ht of about 

 three fhousand h-et. 



Jlr. .Salviii states this to be the only li-li rus found by him about Duefias, where it was not un- 

 coinnion. In a letter written by this naturalist, pub'islied in the lids of Uetolur, Is.V.i, he nieii- 

 tioii.s having taken the iicst and c^'^s of this species. The htructure, though of the same (haractcr. 

 — a liaiiuim.' nest, — is very dill'creiit from that of f. iiiilnrin, the comninn species on the Y/abal 

 road. The nest has none of the dcjilh of the other, but is comparalivi ly shallow. 



