OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 



303 



longest and equal : tail rounded. Ears and sides of the neck 

 black. 



6Q. Agelaius sulcirostris. 

 Entirely glossy black. Feathers of the head and neck 

 lanceolate : lores plumed : upper mandible slightly bent 



at the tip ; lower with oblique grooves at the base. 

 Spix, 64. f. 2. 



Inhabits Brazil, {fig. 54. a) Mus. Nost. 



Total length 9 inches ; bill, gape f^ ; wings 5 ; tail, be- 

 yond, 2; base 4; tarsus 1-y^; hind toe and claw ^^. This 

 seems to be the Icterus vnicolor of Lich. Berlin Cat. 



70. Agelaius pustulatus. 



Entirely glossy black. Feathers of the head lanceolate : 

 lores and base of the under mandible naked and warted. 



Inhabits the plains in the interior of Bahia^ Brazil. 

 {fig. 54. h) Mus. Nost. 



71. Leistes oriolides. 



fcBrown: body beneath, lesser wing covers^ and rump^ 



