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Sp. 1. Xa. Mexicanus, 



Oriolus Mexicanus. Shatv, v. vii. p. 434. 

 Sp, 2. Xa. icterocephalus. 



Oriolus icterocephalus. Shatv, v. vii. 2>- 434. 

 Sp. 3. Xa. Baltimore. 



Oriolus Baltimore. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 425. rrz75. Amer. Om. 

 w. i. jp. 23. pi. i./. 3. /?/. 53./. 4. 

 Sp. 4, Xa. minor. 



Oriolus minor. Shavo, v. vii. />. 443. 



Sp. 5. Xa. varius. 



Oriolus castaneus, Sharv, v. vii. j). 427. — Oriolus mutatus. 

 Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i.p. 64. pi. 4.f. 1 — 4. 

 Sp. 6. Xa. chrysopterus. Zool. Journ. (Vigors) v. ii. p. 291. 

 Xa. niger capite subcristato ; ptilis uropygioqiie Jlavis. 

 Black Xanthornus with the head slightly crested ; the wings and 



rump yellow. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length six inches and a half: 

 the feathers of the head, forehead, and vertex a trifle 

 elongated, forming a small crest : the quills and tail- 

 feathers somewhat fuscous beneath : the beak pale : 

 the legs black. 



GENUS CLXI.— ICTERUS, Cuvier. 



Rostrum subelongatum, sub- 

 gracile, subarcviatum, acu- 

 tum : mandihula superior 

 basi inter frontisplumas re- 

 trorsum extendente ; man- 

 dibularum marginibus in- 

 trorsum inclinantibus. 



Nares ovales, partim mem- 

 bran a tectae. 



Beak elongated, rather slen- 

 der, a little arched, acute : 

 the upper mandible with 

 the base extending among 

 the feathers of the fore- 

 head ; the edges of both 

 mandibles inclining in- 

 wards. 



Nostrils oval, partly covered 

 by a membrane. 



