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ICTERID^. 



and another from near Brighton,'March 22, 1872 (P. Z. S . 1872, 

 p. 681) ; but both may have escaped from confinement. 

 Common in eastern North America.] 



Section OSCINES CULTRIROSTRES. 



[Family ICTERID^. 



Genus AGELiEUS, Vieillot, Analyse, p. 33 (1816). 



Agelaus = dyeXaXo^, gregarious, belonging to a herd, oiyeXi;. 



Agelceus fhoeniceus. Reb-winoed Stablino. 



Oriolus plioeniceus, Linnaus, S.N. i. p. 161 (1766). 



Agelaius phceniceus, Gray, p. 92 ; Ya7'r. ed. 3, ii. p. 39 ; 



Gould, i. Intr. p. Ixxxviii. 

 Agelseus phceniceus, Newton, ii. p. 223 ; Harting, p. 117. 



Phceulcacs = fpoiv'iKeos, purple-red, pitniceus ; from the root of 0otvos, Hebrew 

 puah, red. 



Nearly a dozen examples have occurred in the British 

 Isles ; but it is doubtful how many of these were truly wild. 

 Common in the United States, migrating southwards as 

 far as Central America.] 



[Genus STURNELLA, Vieillot, Analyse, p. 34 (1816). 



Stimiella, diminutiye of Sturnns. q. v. 



SturneUa magna. Amesican Meadow- St arlino. 



Alauda magna, LinncBUs, S. N. i. p. 289 (1766). 

 (Sturnus ludovicianus, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 290.) 



Sturnella magna. Gray, p. 92; Harting, p. 118. 

 Sturnella ludoviciana, Gould, i. Intr. p. Ixxxix. 



One was seen in Norfolk, October 1854, another was shot 

 in Suffolk, March 1860, and a third was obtained near 

 Cheltenham. Abundant in the United States of America.] 



