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Nutt. Orn. Club, i, 1876, 88 (Fort Brown, Texas); ii, 1877, 85 (do.; habits); 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 130 (do.).— Boucakd, Liste Ois. Guat., 1878, 

 36; Proc. Zool. Soc. Load., 1878, 59 (San Jos6, Costa Rica); 1883, 445 (n. 

 Yucatan). — Beeweh, Ibis, 1878, 116 (Fort Brown, Texas; descr. eggs). — 

 EiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 130, part (synonymy; diagnosis); 

 ix, 1886, 151 (crit; Chietla, etc., Puebla; Jalapa); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 

 1881, no. 259.— GonES and Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., 

 iv., 1878, 23 (Brownsville and Hidalgo, Texas; habits, synonymy, diagnosis, 

 etc.).— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 396 (Lometa, 

 Texas; habits, measurements, etc.). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 

 90.— CouEs, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 315.— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., V, 1882, 392 (La Palma, w. Costa Rica). — Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa 

 Rica, 1882, 10.— Feebaei-Pekez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 151 (Izucar 

 de Matamoras, Chietla, and Acatlan, Puebla; Jalapa, Vera Cruz) . — Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 496. — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 451, part (all localities except Mazatlan, 

 Presidio, Manzanillo Bay, and mountains of Colima). 



IMolothrus] smeus Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 37, part. 



Mlolothrus'] leneus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 403. — Ridgway, Man. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1887, 367, part. 



Agelaius leneus Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1848, 90 (Puente Nacional, 

 Vera Cruz). 



Icterus bonariensis (not Tanagra bonariensis Gmelin) Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1837, 116 (Guatemala). 



M[olothrus\ robustus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, Sept., 1851, 193, footnote (Mexico; 

 coll. Berlin Mus.?); Journ. fur Orn., 1861, 81.— Ridgway, Man. N. Am. 

 Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 367, part. 



C[allothrus'] rotastos Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 589; 2d ed., 1896, 600. 



Callothrus robustus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 594.— Zeledon, An. Mus. 

 Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 112 (San Jos6, Cartago, Naranjo de Cartago, and 

 Alajuela, Costa Rica) .—Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. , 1890, 208 (Yucatan) , 

 212 (Orizaba). — Cherrie, Auk, vii, 1890, 334 (San Jos6, Costa Rica); ix, 

 1892, 250 (do.)— Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 237 (San Antonio, Texas, breed- 

 ing).— Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 496 (San Carlos, Nica- 

 ragua).— Bendire, Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893, 599 (descr., geogr. range, 

 habits, etc.); Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 443, pi. 6, fig. 9.— Singley, 

 Rep. Geol. Surv. Tex., 1894, 371 (Rio Grande City; Hidalgo).— American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 496.— Chapman, Bull. 

 Am. Mus. N. H., yiii, 1896, 280 (Chichen Itza, Yucatan; habits).— Nehr- 

 LiNG, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 246. 



CALLOTHRUS .ffiNEUS .ffiNEUS (Wagler). 

 BRONZED COWBIBD. 



Similar to 0. robustus, but slightly larger, bill relatively stouter, and 

 female very different in coloration. 



Admit male. — Hardly distinguishable in coloration from the adult 

 male of C. robtisfus, but rump violet, like the upper tail-coverts, 

 instead of bronzy, like the back, and plumage of the head, neck, and 

 body smoother and more glossy; length (skins), 198.1-228.6 (216.4); 

 wing, 117.1-121.9 (119.1); tail, 81.8-87.9 (84.8); culmen, from base, 



