BIRDS — ICTERIDAE — ICTERUS WAGLERI. 



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List of specimens. 



lOTEEUS WAGLERI, Sclater. 



Icterus toa'Zeri, Sclater, Pr. Zool. See. 1857, 7. 

 Psarocoliusflamgaster, Wagleb, Isis, 1829, 756. (Not of Vieillot.) 

 Pendulinus domincensis, Bp. Consp. 1850, 432. (Not of Linn.) 



Sp. Ch. — Bill much attenuated and considerably decurved. Tail considerably graduated. Head and neck all round, back, 

 (the color extending above over the whole interscapular region,) wings, and tail, including the whole of the lower coverts and 

 the tips of the upper, black. Lesser and middle upper, with lower wing coverts, hinder part of back, rump, and under parts 

 generally, (except tail coverts,) orange yellow. Length 9.50 inches ; extent, 12 ; wing, 4.50 ; tail, 4.25 ; tarsus, 1.15. 



Hah. — Northeastern Mexico to Rio Grande valley ; south to Guatemala. 



In this species the hill is slender, and very similar to that of I. cucullatus. The tail is long, 

 much graduated ; the outer feather an inch shorter than the inner. The feathers are very 

 broad, measuring three-quarters of an inch ; the difference in this respect, when compared 

 with I. auduhonii, is very striking. 



There is no yellow on the black tipped feathers. The orange yellow varies very little in 

 different parts of the body. The quills and tail feathers are entirely black to their bases. The 

 whole outer surface of the wing is pure black, except the yellow coverts. The tips of the 

 posterior upper tail coverts are black ; the whole of the lower are black except for a short dis- 

 tance behind the anus. 



This species is quite similar in external form and size to Icterus audubonii, but the bill is 

 much more slender and decurved. 



The third and fourth quills are longest ; the second longer than the fifth ; the first interme- 

 diate between the fifth and sixth. 



A specimen from Gruatemala (8089) is considerably smaller than that described, though other- 

 wise similar. 



The rectification of syaonymy, as quoted above, I borrow from Mr. Sclater's article. 



List of specimens. 



June 25, 18 8. 



69 b 



