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Idlerus] (/uZans Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 435 ("Mexico"). 



[Icterus'] gularis Sclatee and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 36, part. 



Icterus gularis gularis Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 152, in 

 text. 



(?) Ictems mentalis Lesson, Cent. Zool., 1830, 111, pi. 41 (Mexico; ex"aidcug 

 jncntoKs Wagler, Isis ").—(?) Lapresnaye, Eev. Zool., 1842, 136.— Sclatee, 

 Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 134 (San Geronimo, Guatemala). 



The following references are doubtful, and may belong either to this 



form or to I. g. tammdipensis : 



Icterus gularis Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1848, 90 (Mexico).— Sclates, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 205 (Mexico). 



ICTERUS GULARIS TAMAULIPENSIS Ridgway. 

 ALTA miRA ORIOLE. 



Similar to I. g. gularis, but decidedly smaller and the coloration 

 more intense, the orange-yellow more decidedly orange (usually rich 

 cadmium orange); black at anterior extremity of malar region, broader; 

 bill shorter and deeper through base. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 219.7-242.6 (232.7); wing, 108.2-117.9 

 (114.3); tail, 97.3-111 (101.1); culmen, from base, 24.9-26.9 (25.7); 

 depth of bill at base, 13-14.7 (13.7); tarsus, 29.5-31 (30); middle toe, 

 19.3-21.8 (20.1).' 



Adult fc'Dudc.^'Length (skins), 218.4-238.8 (226.3); wing, 105.2- 

 110.7 (108.2); tail, 95-103.1 (99.8); culmen, from base, 23.6-25.9 

 (24.6); depth of bill at base, 12.7-14 (13.2); tarsus, 28.7-80 (29.6); 

 middle toe, 19.6-22.4 (19.8).' 



Eastern Mexico, in States of Vera Cruz (Otatitlan, Papantla, Cate- 

 niaco, San Andreas Tuxtla, etc.), Puebla (Metlaltoyuca, February) 

 San Luis Potosi (Valles, etc.), and Tamaulipas (Alta Mira, Hidalgo 

 etc.). 



Icterus mexicanus (not Oriolus niexicanus Leach) Swainson, Philos. Mag., new ser, 

 i, 1827, 436 (Temascaltepec, Mexico).^ 



Il^cterus] gularis (not Psarocoiras jiufa™ Wagler) Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1,1851,185 

 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz). 



Icterus gularis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 228 (San Andreas Tuxtla, 

 Vera Cruz)rl859, 365 (Jalapa); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 133 (do) ; Ibis; 1883, 

 371, part (monogr.) ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 384, part (Jalapa).— 

 Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 49, part (monogr.; Mirador, Vera 

 Cruz; City of Mexico). — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 

 150 (Actopam, Vera Cruz). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, 

 i, 1887, 475, part (Temascaltepec; Actopam, San Andreas, Tuxtla, and 

 Jalapa, Vera Cruz).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, -ii, 1895, 466 

 (Hidalgo, Tamaulipas; Louisiana?). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mua., 

 xviii, 1896, 630, (Alta Mira, Tamaulipas) . 



^ Nine specimens. 

 ^ Five specimens. 



''Cites Oriolus mexicanus Leach, Zool. Misc., i, 1814, which =/d(!rM« leucopteryx 

 (Wagler). 



