cun^f^ 



the only country from wliicli we have seen specimens/of it is the " tierra fria " of Central and 



Southern Mexico-^M. Buucard obtained spooimcn sr of it, near Orlzava, and Mr. G. H. White in 



the vicinity of the City of Mexico, as already recorded by Sclater. In a collection of birdskins 



from the latter district, which has recently been submitted to our examination by Mr. H. (J. 



le Strange, late of the British Legation in Mexico, is a fine pair of this species wiiich, as that 



gentleman tells us, wei-e brought to him alive, and were kept for some time in an aviary. q 



]VIr. le Strange informs us that the Mexican name of this bird as Calandria niceler a, while ^/a- . 



Bullock's Hang-nest, of which he likewise procured examples, is called Calandria nogalera." 



The three species of th^ section of the genus Icterus may be distinguished by the plumage 

 of the adult males as follows : — 



1. ICTEErS BALTIMORE. 



Oriolus haltimorj,, Linn. Icterus haltimore, Dand. Trait. d'Orn. ii. p. 348 : Baird B.N.A. p. 54S. 

 Diagn. Capite toto cum gula nigris : uropygio flavo. 

 'Sab. Atlantic 'States of N. America ; Mexico: Guatemala, Costa Eica : Veragua : Panama. 



2. ICTEETIS BULLOCKI. 



Xanthornus bullockii, Sw. '^liil. Mag. 1S27, i. p. 436 : Icterus lullocUi, Bp. : Baird B.N.A. p. 549. 



Diagn. Pileo nigro, superciliis elongatis et uroj)ygio flavis. J 



Sab. Pacific States of N. America : Mexico. 



3. IcTEETis ABEHL.a;i, tab. xciv. 



Diagn. Pileo et corpore toto supra nigris : superciliis curtis flavis. 

 Sab. Table-land of Mexico. 



Mat, 1869. 



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