BIBDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 343 



Agelaius (usimilis Lembeye, Aves de la Isla de Cuba, 1850, pi. 9, fig. 3.— Gdnd- 



LACH, Journ. fiir Orn., iv., 1856, 12; 1861, 332, 413; 1862, 189; 1874, 131; 



Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866,288; Boston Journ. N. H., vi, 1857, 316.— 



Bkbwer, Proc. Bost. Soc.N. H., vii, 1860, 307.— Cassin, Proo. Ac. Nat. Sci. 



Phila., 1866, 10 (monogr. )— Cory, Auk, ill, 1886, 221; Birds W. I., 1889, 108; 



Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 14, 110, 129, 146 (Cuba; Isle of Pines). 

 [Agelseus'] assimilis Cory, List Birds "W. I., 1885, 14. 

 Algelaiits'] asmrdlis Ridqway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 371. 

 Ageisms assimilis Sclatbr, Ibis, 1884, 10 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 



1886, 341. 

 [Agelaius phcmiceus] var. assimilis Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 159. 

 [Agelseus phceniceus'] b. ussimilix Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 186 (synonymy.) 



AGELAIUS HUMERALIS (Vigors). 

 TAWNT-SHOTTLDERED BLACKBIRD. 



A(h,lt male. — Uniform glossy black, with a faint bluish green reflec- 

 tion in certain lights; lesser wing-coverts uniform cinnamon-rufous or 

 tawny, the middle coverts similar but paler, especially at tips; bill, legs, 

 and feet black; iris brown; length (skins), 167.6-188 (176.6); wing, 

 99.6-107.2(103.4); tail, 74.2-83.8 (78.7); culmen, from base, 17.8-19.1 

 (18.3); depth of bill at base, 9.1-10.2 (9.9); tarsus, 23.6-25.4 (24.4); 

 middle toe, 17.8-19.3 (18.5).' 



Adult female. — Similar to adult male but smaller and with the cin- 

 namon-rufous or tawny wing-patch more restricted, at least the middle 

 coverts being partly black (sometimes wholly so); length (skins), 

 160-177.8 (167.4); wing, 92.7-96.5 (94.7); tail, 69.1-74.9 (72.9); culmen, 

 from base, 16.5-17.3 (17); depth of bill at base, 8.9-10.2 (9.4); tarsus, 

 22.6-24.1 (23.4); middle toe, 16.5-17.8 (17).' 



Island of Cuba, Greater Antilles. 



Leistes humeralis Vigors, Zool. Journ., iii, Nov., 1827, 442 (near Havana, Cuba). 

 Icterus humeralis D'Orbigny, in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 1839, 91, pi. 20. 

 Agelaius humeralis Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 130; Repert. Fisico-Nat. 



Cuba, i, 1866, 288.— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 11 (monogr.).— 



Pelzeln, Ibis, 1873, 28 (crit.).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 220; Birds W. I., 1889, 



107; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 14, 110, 129.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., iv, 1892, 303 (habits). 

 Agelaeus humeralis Gdndlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1856, 13; 1861, 332. 

 Agelseus humeralis Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 136; Ibis, 1884, 11 (monogr.); 



Cat Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 342 (San Cristobal, Cuba). 

 [Agelaius'] /mmcrafe Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 430 ("Antilles"). — Gray, 



Hand-list, ii, 1870, 33, no. 6473. 

 [Agelseus] humeralis Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 37. — Cory, List 



Birds W. I., 1885, 14. 

 A[gelaius] humeralis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 371. 



^ Seven specimens. 



