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orange-yellow, deeper and more orange on forehead, the back more 

 or less broadly streaked with black; lores, anterior portion of malar 

 region, chin, and throat black, as in adult male; space between the 

 black throat-patch and eyes orange or yellow, gradually becoming 

 more yellow posteriorly, the under parts being indian yellow or saflfron 

 yellow, faintly tinged on sides and flanks with olive; scapulars gray- 

 ish on outer webs, yellowish olive on inner webs, and with more or 

 less distinct median streaks of dusky; lesser wing-coverts olive- 

 yellowish, with dusky central spots; middle coverts black at base, 

 broadly tipped with dull whitish; rest of wings dusky, relieved by 

 grayish white or pale gray edgings to all the feathers; tail light oliva- 

 ceous (sometimes partly blackish), with edges more yellowish; color 

 of bill and feet as in the male. 



Admit female in winter. — Similar to the summer plumage, but 

 upper parts much tinged with gray, especially on back, and grayish 

 white or light gray wing-edgings broader. 



Yoimg.- — Similar to the winter female, but without any black on 

 throat, etc.; streaks on back obsolete, and colors duller.' 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 186.7-205.7 (198.1); wing, 98.6-106.2 

 (100.8); tail, 87.1-97.3 (90.9); exposed culmen, 19.8-22.9 (21.3); depth 

 of bill at base, 10.7-12.4 (11.7); tarsus, 23.6-25.4 (24.9); middle toe, 

 16-17.8 (17.3).^ 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 185.4-203.2 (192.3); wing, 90.2- 

 96.3 (93); tail, 80.8-91.4 (87.1); exposed culmen, 18.8-22.9 (20.6); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.7-12.2 (11.2); tarsus, 24.1-25.4 (24.6); middle 

 toe, 16-17.8 (17).^^ 



Western and southern Mexico, in States of Chihuahua (near Bato- 

 pilas), Sonora (Alamos), 'Sinaloa (Mazatlan; Plumosas; Rosario), 

 Durango (Chacala), Jalisco (Barrandl*Ibarra; Ameea; San Sebastian; 

 Bolanos; Zacoalco; Guadalajara), Tepic (San Bias; Tepic^ Aeaponeta), 

 Colima (Manzanilla, February; plains of Colima, January), Guefrfero" 

 (Acapulco, January), Oaxaca (Putla, lanhuiatlan), Chiapq,s (TonalaX,* 

 Morelos (Yautepec, January), Puebla (Acatlan), and Vera Cruz (hot 

 region).* 



Ps[ar6coUus} pratotous Waglek, Isis, 1829, 757 (no locality; coll. Berlin Mus.). 



Ict\_erus\ puslulatus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 435 (Mexico). 



Icterus pustulahis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 228; 1858, 303 (La Parada, 

 Oaxaca); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 134 ("Central. Am."; Mexico); Ibis, 1883, 

 373 (monogr.); Cat. BirdsBrit. "Mus., xi, 1886, 386 (Mazatlan; Presidio, near 

 Mazatlan; Acapulco; Puebla; Tonala, Chiapas; Atlixco, Puebla; "Cape San 



' Immature males resemble adult females in coloration. 

 ^Ten specimens. 

 ' Six specimens. 

 'According to Sumichrast. 



