342 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Agelaius phcaiiceus (not Oriolus phceniceiis Linnseus) Baikd, Rep. Pacific E. E. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 526, part (Fort Steilacoom, Washington) ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 

 1859, no. 401, part.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 261, part.— Fannin, Checklist 

 Birds Brit. Columbia, 1891, 33, part (w. side Cascades; Vancouver I., breed- 

 ing). — Bhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 47, part (Victoria and Lulu 

 Island, British Columbia; Washington). — Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 106 (s, 

 British Columbia; crit.). — Kobbe, Auk, xvii, 1900, 354 (Cape Disappoint- 

 ment, Washington, breeding). 



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



Agelaius phomiceus sonoriensis (not of Eidgvi^ay ) Brewster, Auk, x, 1893, 237 (Chil- 

 li wack, British Columbia, Jan. to Mar.; crit.). 



Agelaius phamicea-i caurinus Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., iii, Apr. 15, 1901, 



153 (Cedar Hill, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; coll. U. S Nat. Mus.), 



154 (geog. range). 



The following references to forms of Agelcmis phoeniceus I have not 

 been able to satisfactorily allocate: 



Agelseus phccinceiis Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 135, part (Orizaba, VeraCruz; 

 Guatemala).— CouES, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 90 (Fort Whipple, 

 Arizona, resident). — Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 420 (Stockton 

 and Marysville, Calfornia, Feb. to Apr.). — Ogilby, Sci. Proc. Roy. DubUn 

 Soc, iii, 1882 (43), (Navarro Co., Texas, resident; habits). 



^(/etomsp/iosniceus Ferrari- Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 151 (Chietla, 

 Puebla).— TowNSEND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 213 (Red Bluff and n. 

 of Mount Shasta, California). — Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 670 

 (San Antonio, Texas, winter). — Attwatee, Auk, ix, 1892, 237 (San Antonio, 

 Texas, breeding). — Mitchell, Auk, xv, 1898, 309 (San Miguel Co., New 

 Mexico, breeding up to 9,000 ft.). — Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 16, 

 1899, 122 (Shasta Valley, n. California). 



Aguelaius gubemator (not Psarocolius gubernator Wagler) Kennerly, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., iv, pt. vi, 1857, 11 (Pueblo Creek, New Mexico). 



Agelaius phomidus (?) Sumicheast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869,553 (Orizaba, 

 VeraCruz; migratory?). 



AGELAIUS ASSIMILIS Gundlach. 

 CUBAN RED-WDTG. 



Adult male. — Similar to adult male of A. phoeniceiis floridan-us or 

 A. p. hryanti, but smaller, with shorter and thicker bill; length (skin, 

 one specimen), 198.1; wing, 107.2-109.2 (108.2); tail, 81.8-83.3(82.6); 

 culmen, from base, 23.4-24.9 (24.1); depth of bill at base, 11.4-12.4 

 (11.9); tarsus, 26.7-27.9 (27.2); middle toe, 21.1 (21.3).' 



Adiilt female. — Entirely uniform black, includinglesser wing-coverts; 

 length (skins), 172.7-182.9 (177.8); wing, 91.7-95.3 (93); tail, 68.1-74.9 

 (71.9); culmen, from base, 21.1-21.6 (21.3); depth of bill at base, 11.4- 

 11.7 (11.4); tarsus, 25.4-26.7 (25.9); middle toe, 17.3-20.3 (18.5).'' 



Island of Cuba (including Isle of Pines), Greater Antilles. 



Agelaius assimUes " Gundlach, MSS." Lembeye, Aves de la Islade Cuba, 1850, 64 

 (Cuba). 



' Two specimens. '■' Three specimens. 



