BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 211 



Molothrus pecorU . . var. obscurus Ooues, Check List, 1873, no. 211a. — Hbn- 

 SHAW, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 160 (s. Arizona). 



Molothrus pecoris var. obscurus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 32, fig. 8.— Lawrence, Mem. Bosf. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 

 280 (Mazatlan; Manzanillo Bay; habits); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 

 24 (Tehuantepec City, Oaxaca, Oct.). 



[Molothrus pecoris] b. obscurus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 180 (synonymy). 



Mlqloihrusl ater var. obscurus Coues, Birds N. "W., 1874, 180, in text. 



Molothrus ater var. obscurus Merrill, Proo. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 130 (Fort 

 Brown, Texas; summer resid.). 



Molothrus ater obscurus Coues and Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. 

 Terr., iv, 1878, 22 (Brownsville, Texas; habits).— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. 

 and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 396 (Lometa, Texas; habits, descr. eggs, 

 etc.).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 182, 218, 232; Nom. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1881, no. 258a.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 314.— 

 Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 40 (Boerne, Kendall Co., Texas, 

 Jan., Feb.).— Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 166 (Houston, 

 Texas, breeding).— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 200 (Tucson 

 and Santa Rita Mts., Arizona). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. JMus., v, 1883, 

 546, 547 (San Jos6 del Cabo, Lower California); vi, 1883, 343 (Guaymas, 

 Sonora). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 495a. — 

 Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 151 (Puebla, Nov.).— Scott, 

 Auk, iv, 1887, 22 (Riverside, Tucson, Florence, etc., Arizona). — Cooke, 

 BirdMigr. Miss. Val., 1888, 162 (Tom (ireen and Concho counties, Texas, 

 summer). — Mearns, Auk, vii, 1890, 257 (MogoUon Mts., Arizona, sum- 

 mer). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 237 (San Antonio, Texas). — Bendire, 

 Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893, 597 (geog. range, habits, etc.)^ Life Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 441, pi. 6, figs. 7, 8. 



[Molothrus pecoris.'] b. Subsp. obscura Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 

 334, in list of specimens. 



M[olothrus] a[ter] obscurus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 402. 



M[olothrus] ater obscurus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 367. 



(?) Agelaus pecoris (not Fringilla pecoris Gmelin?) Swainson, Philos. Mag., n. s., 

 i, 1827, 436 (near City of Mexico). 



(?) PsarocoZms pecons Wagler, Isis, 1831, 527 (Mexico). 



(?) Molothrus pecoris Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 213 (Orizaba, Vera 

 Cruz) ; 1860, 252 (Orizaba) ; Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 134, part ( Jalapa) ; Ibis, 

 1884, 3, part (monogr. ). 



Molothrus pecoris Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 333, part (City of 

 Mexico; Mazatlan). — Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. iv. 1859, 52 

 (Fort Yuma, New Mexico; Texas).— Baird, Rep. U. S. and Mex. Bound. 

 Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 18 (Texas; Nuevo Leon, etc).— Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1866, 90 (Fort Whipple, Arizona). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 450, part (most Mexican references and localities. ) 



[Sturrms] junceti Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 326 (same basis as S. obscurus 

 Gmelin). 



MOLOTHRUS ATRONITENS (Cabanis). 

 GLOSSY COWBIRD. 



Adidt male. — Head, neck, back, scapulars, and under parts as far back 

 as flanks and upper portion of abdomen uniform silky violet-black, 

 the gloss rather more reddish violet or purple on the breast and sides; 



