BIKDS OF MIDDLE AND NORTH AMERICA. 



695 



AmpelU luteus Sparrman, Mus. Carls., i, fasc. 3, 1788, pi. 70. 



Idma dumieola Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1807, 85 (cites Miixctcnpa viridh 



Linnseus); Enc. M6th., ii, 1823, 702. — Vieillot and Oudart, Gal. (,»in., i, 



1834, 119, pi. 85. 

 Jcieria dumieola Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1808, pi. 55. 

 Pipra polyglotta Wilson, Am. Orn., i, 1808, 90, pi. 6, fig. 1 (cites Musrinipu viriiUs 



Gmelin). — Bonaparte, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., iv, 1825, 251. 

 (?) Tanagra auricoUis Lichtbnstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 18.30, 2 (Mexico; see 



Journ. fiirOrn., 1863, 57). 

 [Icieria] auricoUis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 331. 

 Icteria auricoUis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., 1854, 380, 382. 

 Icieria velasguezi Bonaparte, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, 117 (Guatemala); 



Consp. Av., i, 1850, 331.— Sclateb, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 298 



(Mexico); 1859, 363 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz), 373 (Playa Vicente, Oaxaca).— 



Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 12 (Guatemala). — Salvin, Ibis, 1866, 20L'. 



ICTERIA VIRENS LONGICAUDA (Lawrenc 

 LONG-TAILED CHAT. 



Similar to I. v. irirens, but wing, tail, and bill longer, the tail alwa3's, 

 or nearly alwaj's, longer than wing, instead of the revei'se; upper parts 

 more grayish olive-green, usually more nearlj' gray than olive-green; 

 white of malar region much more extended, frequentlj^ occupying 

 entire malar area; yellow of under parts averaging deeper. 



Adult mafe— Length (skins), 159-185 (1Y2.8); wing, 75-84 (79.1); 

 tail, 76. 5-86 (81.4) ; exposed culmen, 13. 5-15 (14. 5) ; tarsus, 26-28 (26. 5) ; 

 middle toe, 15-17.5 (16.1).' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 162-177 (167.2); wing, 73-80 (77.6); 

 tail, 72-82 (78); exposed culmen, 13.5-15 (14.6); tarsus, 26-27 (26.4); 

 middle toe, 14.5-16.5 (15.3).' 



Western United States, from near eastern border of the Great Plains 

 to the Pacific coast; north to North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and east- 

 ern British Columbia (Sumas; Thompson Kiver, below Ashcroft); 

 breeding southward over Mexican plateau to the valley of Mexico; in 



' Twenty-three specimens. 

 '' Six specimens. 



Adult males (breeding birds) from different localities average, respectively, as 

 follows: 



