yo.i.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY ICTERID^. ^09 



Icteridae. 



1815. Clinton, De Witt. Au Introductory Discourse delivered on the 4th of May, 

 1814. < Trans. Lit. and Philos. Soc. JSf. Y., i, 1815, pp. 21-184. >Note S,pp. 

 125-128. 



ISTote S, appended to this discourse, treats of the plumages and migrations of the Boboliiik, 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus. 



1818. Ord, G. Observations on two species of the genus Gracula [G. quiscala, G. 



barita] of Latham. <^Joiirn. Acad. Nat. Sci. PMla.,i,1818, pp. 253-260. 



A critical article, distinguishing the Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major V.) from the 

 Purple Grackle {Q.purpureus). 



1819. LiCHTENSTEiN, K. M. H. Ueber die Gattung Gracula aus der Familie der Kra- 



henvogel (Coraces). < Aihandl. der Berlin. Akad., aus d. Jahren 1816-17, 1819, 

 Phys. Classe, pp. 143-154. (Vorgelesen den 18. Juli 1816.) 



This is the original ; there is another edition in Isis, 1824, pp. 402-406, q. v. 



The "genus" Oracula of this author is very extensive, including buds of several of the 

 families recognized by modern ornithologists, among them the Icteridce. 



The species of Gracula treated are the following -.—Gracula religiosa, p. 148 ; G. calva, p. 

 148; G. tristis. p. 148; G. pagodarum, p. 148; G. cristatella, p. 149 : G. carunculata, p. 149, 

 with several others of doubtful character.— The author then proceeds to treat the other Lia- 

 nean " Graoulm'', i. e., Icteridce, as follov^s -.—Quiscala purpurea, "n. sp"., p. 151 (but Bartram 

 had called it Gracula purpurea in 1791!); Q. fulgida, n. sp., p. 151; Q. navicularis, n. sp., p. 

 151: §. scwtZaris, p. 151; Q. jatnaicensis, -p. —. 



1824. LICHTENSTEIN, K. M. H. Dissertation sur le genre Martin on Mainate (Gracula) ; 

 par Lichtenstein. . . < Feruss. Bull, 2e sect., ii, 1824, p. 294. 

 Extraite des Abhand. Konigl. Acad. Wiss. Berlin pour les annees 1816 et 1817, pp. 143-154. 



1824. Lichtenstein, K. M. H. [Abhandlung iiber Gracula. Auszug aus Abh. Konigl. 



Akad. Wiss. Berlin aus d. Jahren 1816-17, 1819, SS. 143-1.54.] < Olcen's Lvs, 

 Jahrg. viii, 1824, pp. 402-406. 



Die Charaktere der verwandten Sippen, Corvus, Coradas, Paradisea, Gracula. Die reinen 

 Gi-acidce sind folgonde sechs : religiosa, calva, tristis, pagodarum, cristatella, carunculata, p. 

 403. Zweifelhaft bleibeu ; G. grisea Daud., GG. gingiiniana, malabarica, icterops Lath., G. 

 longirostra Pall.— GG. strepera, tibicen und varia Shaw bilden besser eine eigene Sippe den 

 Eacken n&he.—G. cayennensis Gm. und G. picoides Shaw hat Hermann aLs Dendrocolaptes 

 aufgesteUt. Die andern Gracidce von Linue steUt der Yerfasser als Qm-^cala aai : Q. pur- 

 purea= G. quiscala Lath. ; Q. fulgida Licht. — Sturnus quiscala Daud. ; Q. navicularis ; Q. 

 saularis ,- Q. jamaicensis = Sturnus jamaicensis D;iud. 



1825. Bonaparte, C. [L.] Descriptions oftwo new species of Mexican Birds. <^Journ. 



Accel. Xai. Sci. PJrJa., iv, I'^'CS, pp. 3S7-390. 

 At p. 389, Icterus melanicterus ; the other is a Corvus. 



1825. Vigors, N. A. On the genus Icterus Briss. < Zool Journ., ii, 1825, pp. 182-197, 



pll. suppl. 9, 10. 



This, the second instahuent of the series of articles entitled " Sketches on Ornithology ; or," 

 &.C., treats of the family Icteridce as now understood. Here occur the descriptions of Xan- 

 thornus chrysopterus, sp. n., p. 190, pi. 9, and ot Leistes (g. n., p. 191) suchii, sp. n., p. 192, pi. 10. 

 {Feruss. Bull., viii, 1826. pp. 111-113 ; Isis, 1830, 1013-1018.) 



1826. Bonaparte, C. [L.] On the distinction of two species of Icterus, hitherto con- 



founded under the specific name of Icterocephalus. < Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Fhila., V, 1828, pp. 222-225. 



Icterus xanthocephalus, n. sp., p. 223. 

 1826. Lesson, [R. P. ] Escinisses ornithologiques, etc., etc. Du genre Icterus de Bris- 

 son ; par N. A. Vigors. . . < Fertiss. Bull, 2^ sect., viii, 1826, pp. 111-113. 



Zool. Journ., ii, No. 6, 1825, pp. 182-197. 



