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Agelaius phceniceus (not Oriolm phoenweus LinnseusJ Woodhoose, Rep. Sitgreaves' 

 Expl. Zuni and Col. K., 1853, 80.— Baird, Bep. Pacific K. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 

 526, part (Espia, Sonora) ; Ca:t. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 401, part; Rep. U. S. and 

 Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 18 (Saltillo, Nuevo Leon; Espia, Sonera).— 

 (?) Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, pt. vi, 1859, 30, part (New Mex- 

 ico).— Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.,1866, 90 (Fort Whipple, Arizona); 

 Check List, 1873, no. 212, part.— Oassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.,1866, 10, 

 part (monogr.). — Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 261, part (lower Colorado Val- 

 ley). — Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soo. N. H., ii, 1874,281 (Mazatlan).— Baied, 

 Brewer, and Bidgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 159, part. — Ridgway, 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 261, part.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 vii, 1882, 200 (Tucson, Arizona, June). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vi, 1883, 350 (La Paz, Lower California, winter). — Sclater, Ibis, 1884, 10, 

 part (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 340, part (in synonymy).— 

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

 and GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 453, part (Mazatlan). 



[Agelaius] phaniceus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 156, part. 



Agelseus phceniceus Coues, Check List, 2d ed. , 1882, no. 316, part. 



Algelseus} phceniceus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 404, part. 



Agelaius gubernator (not Psarocolius gubernator Wagler) Baied, Bep. TJ. S. and 

 Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 18 (Colorado R., California). — Kennerly, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv.,x, pt. iv, 1859, 31, part (Bill Williams' Fork and 

 Colorado B., Arizona; Mojave R., California). — Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H., ii, 1874, 281 (Mazatlan; Tepic).— (?) Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 22 (Pinal 

 Co., Arizona; common resident). 



Agelaius phceniceus longirostris (not Agelaius longirostris Salvadori') Ridgway, 

 Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 370. — American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Auk, xiv, 1897, 128 (Check List, no. 498a). — Price, Bull. Cooper 

 Orn. Club, i, 1899, 92 (Yuma, Arizona, winter). 



Algelaiu^] phceniceus sonoriemis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887,370 (Mazat- 

 lan, w. Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Agelaius phceniceus sonoriensis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 592; Proe. 

 Wash. Ac. Sci., iii, 1901, 154 (geog. range). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 11; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 498a.— 

 Bhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.,1892, 120 (Santa Clara Valley, s. Ari- 

 zona). — Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895,453, part. — Nelson, Auk, 

 xvii, 1900, 125 (crit.).— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 37 (San 

 Diego, n. w. Chihuahua; Pachico, n. e. Sonora). 



(?) Agelaius Baird, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 301, 304 (CapeSt. Lucas). 



AGELAIUS PHCENICEUS FORTIS Ridgway. 

 NORTHERN RED-WING. 



Similar to A. p. phceniceus^ but decidedly larger* and with the bill 

 usually relatively much shorter and thicker; adult male and female 

 in winter plumage, and immature male, similar in coloration to the 

 same of A. p. sonorie>isl,'<; differing from the latter in larger size and 

 conspicuously shorter and thicker bill. 



'Agelaius longirostris (not of Vieillot, 1819) Salvadori, Atti del Eeale Accad. Scienz. 

 Torino, ix, Apr., 1874, 632 (western Mexico; coll. Count Turati). (See Nelson, Auk, 

 xvii, 1900, 125. ) 



'Decidedly the largest of all the forms of A. phceniceus. 



