BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 349 



Agelaius .ranthocephaliis Swainson and Kichabdson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 

 281 (n. to 58°).— Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List., l.s.38, 29.— Audubon, 

 Synopsis, 1839, 140; Birds Am., oct. ed., iv, 1842, 24, pi. 213.— Baird, in 

 Stansbury's Eep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 326 (New Mexico).— Woodhousb, 

 Rep. Sitgreaves' Expl. Zuni and Col. K., 1853, 80.— Newberry, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv. vi, 1857, 86 (Sacramento Valley, Pitt R., and Klamath lakes, 

 n. California) .—Heermann, Rep. Pacific R. R. Survey., x, pt. vi, 1859, 52 

 (California; Port Inge, Texas).— Maximilian, Journ. fiir Orn., vi, 1858, 261 

 (upper Missouri R.).— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 11 (monogr.; 

 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, several).— Trippb, Proc. Essex Inst., vi, 

 1871, 117 (Minnesota). 



Ageliaus xanthrocephalus Gambel, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1847, 204. 



X[a,nthocephalus\ xanthocephalus Jordan, Man. Vert., ed. 4, 1884, 92. — Ridgway, 

 Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 368. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. 2, 

 1885, 356. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 497. — 

 Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 222 (Cuba; references); Birds W. I., 1889, 109 (Cuba).— 

 Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 152 (Chietla, Huehuetlan, 

 and San Martin Texmelucan, Puebla, Dec, Jan., May; Laguna del Rosario, 

 Tlaxcala, Jan., Oct.)— Coky, Auk, iii, 1886, 222; Birds W. I., 1889, 109 

 (Cuba, 1 spec.) — Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 321 (Assiniboia and Red R. valleys, 

 Manitoba, summer).— Treat, Auk, iv, 1887, 256 (near Hartford, Connecticut, 

 1 spec, July). — Ridgway, Auk, iv, 1887, 256 (Spruce Head, Maine, 1 spec, 

 Nov.); Orn. Illinois, i, 1889, 312.— Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 22 (Tucson, Florence, 

 etc., Arizona, fall, winter, and spring). — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 

 162 (localities, dates, etc.). — Waekbn (H. B.), Birds Pennsylvania, 1890, 212 

 (near Philadelphia, 1 spec. ; Meadville, Crawford Co., 1 pair. Mar. 25, 1890). — 

 RivBS, Birds Virginias, 1890, 70 (near Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Vir- 

 ginia, 1 spec, spring 1888). — Mearns, Auk, vii, 1890, 257 (Mogollon Mts., 

 Arizona, breeding). — Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1891, 571 (Mani- 

 toba localities, habits; notes). — Goss, Birds Kansas, 1891, 396 (summer 

 resid.) .— Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 1893, 92 (District Columbia, 1 spec, Aug. 29, 

 1892).— Norton, Auk, x, 1893, 302 (Metinac I., Knox Co., Maine, 1 spec, 

 Aug. 17, 1882); xi, 1894, 78 (do.)— Nutting, Bull. Labr. N. H. Univ. Iowa, 

 ii, no. 3, 1893, 274 (Chemawawin, lower Saskatchewan, abundant). — Bendike, 

 Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 446, pi. 6, figs. 10-12 (eggs).— Neheling, 

 Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 248, pi. 29, fig. 3.— Butler, Proc. Ind. Ac 

 Sci. for 1891, 165 (Lake Co., Indiana); Birds Indiana, 1897, 892 (Lake 

 Co., breeding).— Knight, Bull. Univ. Maine, no. 3, 1897, 86 (Spruce Head, 

 Knox Co., Maine, 1 spec, Aug. 17, 1882).— Rhoads, Auk, xvi, 1899, 312 

 (Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, 1 spec, Apr. 26, 1895).— Brooks, Auk, xvii, 

 1900, 106 (Chilliwack, British Columbia).— Beyer, Proc. Louis. Soc. Nat. 

 for 1897-99 (1900), 105 (s. w. Louisiana, winter resid.). 



Xantocephalus xardocephalus Resler, Proc Md. Ac. Sci., 1891, 139 (near Curtis 

 Bay, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, 1 spec, Sept. 10, 1890). 



Iderm icterocephalus (not of Daudin, 1800, ex Oriolus icterocephalus Linnseus) 

 Bonaparte, Am. Orn., i, 1835, 27, pi. 3 (Rocky Mts.).— Nuttall, Man. Orn. 

 U. S. and Can., i, 1832, 170; 2d ed., 1840, 187. 



A[gelaius] icterocephalus Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 188. 



Xanthocephalus icterocephalus Baied, Rep. Pacific R. R. Serv., ix, 1858, 531; Rep. 

 U. S. andMex. Bound. Surv.,ii, pt. 2, 1859, 18 (NuevoLeon; El Paso, Texas); 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 404.— Sclatbk, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 136; Proc 

 Zool. Soc Lond., 1864, 175 (valley of Mexico).— Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1862, 178 (Cuba, 1 spec); 1874, 133 (do.); Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 

 288.— Allen, Am. Nat. iii, 1869, 636 (Watertown, Massachusetts); Bull. 



