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to Velasco ' ) and southward over the coast plain of Tamaulipas (Mata- 

 moras, Alta Mira, etc.), Nuevo Leon (Monterey), and Vera Cruz 

 (Tlalcotalpam, Guiterrez, Zamara, etc;.), to Yucatan (including island 

 of Cozumel), British Honduras (Belize), and eastern Guatemala (Lake 

 Peten, Dueiias?, Coban?); in winter, south to eastern Nicaragua (San 

 Carlos) and Costa Rica (Rio Frio). 



Agelveus phceniceus (not Oriolus phmniceus Linnaeus) Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1859, 58 (Belize, British Honduras; Peten, e. Guatemala). — (?) Scla- 

 TEB, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 205 (Tlalcotalpam, Vera Cruz), (?) 1859, 

 381 (Oaxaca); Ibis, 1884, 10, part; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 340, part 

 (n. Yucatan; Cozumel I.; Belize; Lake Peten, Guatemala; Duenas, Guate- 

 mala?; Bebedero, w. Costa Rica?) . — (?) Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 19 

 (Dueiias, Guatemala). — (7) Frantzius, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 303 (Costa 

 Eica).— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 24 

 (Lower Eio Grande, Texas; descr. nest and eggs); v, 1879, 397 (lower Rio 

 Grande).— Merrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 133 (Fort Brown, Texas, 

 breeding).— Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 166 (s. e. Texas, 

 breeding).— (?) Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 392 (LaPalma, w. 

 Costa Rica). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 446 (n. Yucatan).— 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 453 (Tlalcotalpam, Vera 

 Cruz; Oaxaca?; n. Yucatan; Cozumel; Belize; Peten, Coban?, and Duenas?, 

 Guatemala; La Palma, Bebedero, and Nicoya, w. Costa Rica?). 



(?) Agela'ux 2)hrieniceu8 Boucard, Liste Ois. Guatemala, 1878, 36, part. 



Agdaius phwniceus Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 10, part (Yucatan; 

 crit.). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 104 (Bebedero and Nicoya, w. 

 Costa Rica). — Zeledon, Cat. Aves de Costa Rica, 1882, 10. — Hancock, Bull. 

 Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 18 (Corpus Christi,' Texas).— Stone, Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1890,208 (Progreso, Yucatan). — Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat 

 Sci. Phila., 1892, 108 (Nueces Bay, Texas, breeding). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 496 (Rio Frio, e. Costa Rica; San Carlos, Nicaragua).— 

 Singley, Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas, 1894, 371 (Corpus Christi and Hidalgo, 

 breeding). — Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 344 (Refugio Co., Texas breeding). 



do not differ materially, if at all, in coloration. Average measurements are as 

 follows: 



'All specimens seen by me from Velasco and southward are of this forin. 



