BIEDS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. 23 



» Fam. I€TERII>^. 



101. Cas§icuUis nielauiicterus (Bp.). 



"Tehuantepec (Barrio.^ Chihuitan) ; Tehuantepec City; October, 

 November, and December. 



" Iris brown ; bill greenish-white : feet blackish-brown. 



" This bird (called by the Creoles Tordo dejierro (Iron Thrush), and by 

 the Zapoteques bigoseguiba, which has the same meaning), although 

 proper to Western Mexico, often wanders from the coast. A few years 

 ago I found it near Tehuacan (State of Puebla). In the isthmus it is 

 especially abundant near Chihuitan and Huallaga. Like Cassicus pre- 

 vosti, it has a disagreeabl-e smell, and is generally infested with vermin." 



lOS. Cassicus prevosti (Less.). 



" Tehuantepec (Guichicovi, Santa Efigenia) ; May and September. 

 " Iris light-yellow ; bill yellowish- white; feet bluish-ash." 



103. Icterus prosthemelas (Strickland). 

 " Tehuantepec (Chihuitan) ; December, 1868." 



104. Icterus melanocephalus (Wagl.). 

 " Tehuantepec (Cuichicovi) ; September, 1869. 



" Iris brown ; bill black ; base of lower mandible and feet bluish-ash." 



105. Icterus mesonielas (Wagl.). 



" Tehuantepec (Guichicovi) ; September, 1869. 



" Iris brown ; bill black ; base of lower mandible and feet bluish-ash." 



106. Icterus ^ularis (Wagl.). 



" Tehuantepec (Barrio, Chihuitan, Juchitan, Santa Efigenia). 

 " Iris brown ; bill black, with the base of the lower mandible and 

 feet bluish-ash." 



107. Icterus pectoralis (Wagl.). 



" Tehuantepec (Juchitan, Santa Efigenia) ; June and September. 



" Iris dark-brown ; bill black ; base of lower mandible bluish ; feet 







bluish-ash." 



108. Icterus I'ormosus, Lawr., Ann. N. Y. Lye, vol. x, p. 184. 

 " Tehuantepec (Santa Efigenia, Juchitan) ; June, September, and 



December. 



"Iris brown; bill black; base of lower mandible and feet light- 

 plumbeous." 



