236 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Range. — Austroriparian Zone from southern Illinois, southwestern Indi- 

 ana, and North Carolina south to the coast of southeastern Texas, Louisiana, 

 and Florida. 



Stumella neglecta Audubon. Western Meadowlark. [501.1.] 



Sturnella neglecta Audubon, Birds Amer., VII, 1844, 339, pi. 489. (Old 

 Fort Union, North Dakota.) 



Range. — Western North America. Breeds from southern British 

 Columbia, central Alberta, and southern Manitoba south to southern 

 California, northern Mexico, and central Texas; winters from south- 

 ern British Columbia and Iowa south to southern Lower California, 

 Jalisco, and Guanajuato; east casually to Wisconsin, southern Michi- 

 gan, and northern Illinois; accidental in southern Mackenzie. 



Genus ICTERUS Brisson. 



Icterus Brisson, Orn., II, 1760, 85. Type, by tautonymy, [7cferji«] 

 icterus Brisson = Oriolus icterus LinnjBus. 



Subgenus ICTERUS. 



icterus melanocgphalus (Wagler). 



Range. — Southern Texas south to Guatemala. 



a. [Icterus melanocephalus melanocephalus. Extralimital.] 



b. Icterus melanocephalus auduboni Giraud. Audubon's Oriole. [503.] 



Icterus audvhonii Giraud, Sixteen Sp. Texas Birds, 1841, [3]. ("Texas.") 



Range. — Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas (casually to San Antonio), and 

 south in Mexico to Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, and, at least in winter, to 

 San Luis Potosi. 



Icterus parisorum Bonaparte. Scott's Oriole. [504.] 



Icterus parisorum Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837 (June, 1838), 

 110. (Mexico.) 



Range. — Lower Sonoran Zone from southern California, southern 

 Nevada, southwestern Utah, east central New Mexico, and western 

 Texas south to Lower California, Michoacan, Hidalgo, and Vera 

 Cruz; winters south of the United States. 



