382 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Eastern United States and more southern British Provinces, except 

 Florida and Gulf coast; west to eastern base of Rocky Mountains; 

 north to Nova Scotia, Province of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, etc. 



[OioZus] phceniceus Linnjsus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 161 (based on Sturnmniger, 

 aUa mpeme rubeniis, Oatesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, i, p. 13, pi. 13). — Gmelin, 

 Syst. Nat, i, pt. i, 1788, 386.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 178. 



Agelmus phoeniceus (not of Swainson, 1827) Swainson, Fauna Bor. Am., ii, 1831, 

 280. — Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 29. — Audubon, Synopsis, 

 1839, 141; Birds Am., oct. ed., iv, 1842, 31, part, pi. 216.— Baird, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 526, part; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 401, part.— Cas- 

 siN, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 10, part (monogr. ). — Baird, Brewer, 

 and RiDGWAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 159, part, pi. 33, figs. 1, 2, 3.— 

 Gentry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874, 97 (habits). — Henshaw, Rep. Orn. 

 Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 82 (Fort Garland, Colorado, breeding).— 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 498, part. — Cooke, 

 Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 163, chiefly (includes A.p.fortist; dates, etc.). — 

 RiDGWAY, Orn. Illinois, i, 1889, 313. — Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 

 1891, 572 (localities in Manitoba, etc. ; habits; notes). — Bendirb, Life Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 449, part, pi. 6, figs. 13, 14, 15 (eggs). — Nehrling, Our 

 Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 252, pi. 29, fig. 4. 



A\_gelaiu8\ phoeniceus Maximilian, Journ. fiir Orn., vi, 1858, 263 (Pennsylvania, 

 upper Missouri R., etc.). 



Algelaius] phceniceua Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 369, part. 



A[(ielaeus\ phoeniceus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 188 (South Carolina). 



[^Agelaius] phaeniceus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 430. 



Ageisms phceniceus (not of Sclater, 1857) Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 135, part 

 (e. United States); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 340, part Nova Scotia; 

 Canada; District Columbia; Illinois). — Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 212, 

 part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 316, part.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 

 175 (descr. young). — Maynard, Birds E. N. Am., 1881, 134, part. — Mereiam, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 236 ( Point de Monts, prov. Quebec, 1 spec, 

 May 22, 1882). — Bicknell, Auk, ii, 1885, 249 (song).— Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 453, part (in synonymy). 



[Agelmtsl phceniceus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 156, part. 



Agmlxus phceniceus Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1873 (1874), 64 

 (Denver, Colorado, May, June). 



[Agelaius phcmdceus'] var. phceniceus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 159, part. 



A[gelseus'\ phceniceus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 404, part. 



[Ageisms phceniceus] a. phceniceus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 146, part (synonymy). 



Agelaevs phoeniceus Hbnshaw, Zool. Exp. 100th Merid., 1875, 313, part (Colorado). 



Agelaius phceniceus phceniceus Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., Apr. 15, 1901, 153, 

 in text, 154 (geog. range). 



Iderus phoeniceus T'EMUYscx., Cat. Syst., 1807, 47. 



I[cterus'] phoeniceus Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. , 1823, 19. 



Iclerus phceniceus Bonaparte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1824, 31, in text; 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., ii, 1828, 52.— Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., i, 1832 

 169.— Audubon, Orn. Biog., i, 1831, 348, pi. 67; v, 1839, 487. 



Iclerus phoniceus Audubon, Orn. Biog., v, 1839, 5, in text. 



Pslarocoliusl phoeniceus Wagler, Syst. Av., 1827, Psarocolius, sp. 10. 



Siurnus prsedatorius Wilson, Am. Orn., iv, 1811, 30, pi. 30, fig. 1. 



