BIEDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 319 



Southern portion of Mexican plateau, in States of San Luis Potosi 

 (Jesus Maria), Puebla (Chalciiicomula), Mexico (Tlalpam, valley of 

 Mexico), Morelos (Huitzilac), Jalisco (Hacienda el Molina), Guan- 

 ajuato (Celaya), and Vera Cruz (Orizaba). 



(?)[OioZ«s] costototl Gmelin, Syst. Nat, i, pt. i, 1788, 385 ("Nova Hispania"; 



based on Icterus novae hispaniie Briason, Orn., ii, p. 95; Xochilol et Costototl 



Bufion, Hist. Nat. Ois., iii, p. 210). 

 Psiarocolius] coztoiotl Wagler, Isis, 1829, 757. 

 [YpharUes'] coztototl Bon apakts, Consp. Av., i, 1850,432 (Mexico). 

 Hlyphantes] costototl Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 183, footnote. 

 Xanthomus abeillei'LEssov, Rev. Zool., 1839, 101 (Mexico; coll. Abeill^). 

 Icterus abeilln Sclatek, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1860, 252 (Orizaba, Vera Cruz); 



1864, 175 (valley of Mexico); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 130 (Mexico); Ibis,' 



1883, 354 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 366 (City of Mexico; 



"North Mexico").— ScLATER and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1869, 362 



(City of Mexico) ; Exotic Orn. , pt. i, 1869, 187, pi. 94.— Duges, La Naturaleza, 



i, 1868, 139 (Guanajuato).— Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 262 (Mexico) . 

 Icterus abeilliei. Salyin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 462. 

 [Icterus'] abeillsd Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 36. 

 Icterus abeillei J ovY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1894, 781 (Hacienda el Molina, 



Jalisco). 

 Ilcterus] abeillei Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 378. 

 IPendulimis'] abeillii Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 433. 

 Hyphdntes abeillei CAsam, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1867, 62 (monogr.). 

 [Icterus bullocki} var. abeillei Baird, Brewer, and Kidgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 



ii, 1874, 184 (diagnosis) . 

 Icterus bullocki, var. abeillei Baikd, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 



ii, 1874, 184, footnote (references). 



Genus AGELAIUS Vieillot. 



Agelaius Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 33. (Type, Oriolus ]}ha:niceus Linnteus.) 



Agelaeus (emendation) Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, Sept., 1851, 188. 



Agelxus (emendation) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 127. 



Agelasticus^ Gabanis, Mus. Hein., i, Sept., 1851, 188. (Type, Turdm thilius 

 Molina.) 



Thilius Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxvi, 1853, 833. (Type, Turdus thilius 

 Molina. ) 



Melanophantes Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., xix, Apr., 1867, 63. (Type, 

 Icterus xanthomus Sclater. ) 



(?) Chrysomus (not Chrysoma Risso, 1826) Swainson, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 274. 

 (Type, Oriolus icterocephalus Linnaeus. ) 



(?) Xanthosomus^ Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, Sept., 1851, 189. (Type, Oriolus icte- 

 rocephalus Linnaeus.) 



(?) Erythropsar Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. [Phila., xviii. Mar., 1866, 17. 

 (Type, Agelaius frontalis Vieillot.) 



Small or medium-sized semiterrestrial paludicoline Icteridse with 

 bill shorter than head, conical or cuneate, compressed; rather long and 



' "Von d}^EXa(}7Ci?jo?, gesellig, in Heerden lebend." 

 ''"Von ^avSog, gelb, und i&/ia, Leib. Korper." 



