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497. Zanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonap.). 



Yellow-headed Blackbird. 



Icterus xanthocephalus Bonap. Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. V. 1826, 



223. 

 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 4, 1S84, 92. 



[B 404, C 213, R 260, C 319.] 



Hab. Western Nonh America, from Wisconsin, Illinois, and Texas 

 to the Pacific coast. Accidental in the Atlantic States (Massachu- 

 setts, South Carolina, Florida). 



Genus AGELAIUS Vieillot. 

 AgelaiusNi^iiA.. Analyse, 18 16, 2>Z- Type, Oriolus phocniceus Linn. 

 \'^^. Agelaius phceniceus (Linn.). 



Red-winged Blackbird. 



Oriolus phocniceus Linn. S. N. ed. 12, L 1766, i6t. 

 Agelaius phocniceus Swains. F. B. A. IL 1831, 2S0. 



[B 401, C 212, R 261, C 316.] 



Hab. North America in general, from Great Slave Lake south to 

 ,, Costa Rica. 



"■ 499. Agelaius gubernator (Wagl.). 



Bicolored Blackbird. 



Psarocolius gubernator V^XGi^. Isis, IV. 1832, 281. 

 Agelaius gubernator Bonap. Geo;,^ & Comp. List, 1S38, 29. 



[B 402, C 2i2rtt, R 261 dr, C 317.] 



Hab. Pacific Province of the United States, south into Western 

 Mexico. 



500. Agelaius tricolor (Nurr.). 

 Tricolored Blackbird. 



Icterus tricolor " Nutt." Aud. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, pi. 388, fig. i. 

 Agelaius tricolor Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 29. 



[B 403, C 212 ^, R 262, C 318.] 



