AGEL^FS, 453 



AGELtEUS. 



Agelaius, Vieillot, Anal. p. 33 (1816). 

 AgeltEus, Scl. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 339. 



Only two of the fourteen species now included in Ageloeus occur within our 

 region, and these both belong to the section having the bend of the wing brightly 

 coloured, which, with the exception of those having this portion of the wing yellow, 

 and which are really aberrant, all belong to the continent of America north of 

 Panama or to the island of Cuba. 



A. phwniceus and A. guhernator are both well-known North-American birds; the 

 former reaches to Costa Rica in its southern range, the latter does not pass beyond 

 the limits of Mexico. The culmen of the bill of A. phoeniceus is nearly straight, the 

 mesorhinium being slightly flattened ; the nostril is at the extremity of the nasal fossa, 

 and is slightly overhung along the upper edge by a flat membrane ; the tomia of the 

 maxilla is slightly angulated ; the tarsi are moderately long ; the wing is rather short 

 and rounded, the second, third, and fourth quills are equal and longest, and the fifth 

 slightly exceeds the first ; the tail is rounded, the rectrices are rounded and not acute 

 at their ends. 



1. Agelseus phceniceus. 



Oriolus phcmiceus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 161^. 

 Agelaus phceniceus, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 436''. 



Agelmis phcmiceus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 305'; 1859, p. 381*; Ibis, 1884, p. 10'; Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xi. p. 340 " ; Baird, Mex. Bound. Surv. ii. Zool., Birds, p. 18 '' ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 

 1859, p. 19 ' ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 58 ' ; Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 10 '" ; Lawr. Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 104"; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 281 "; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H. i. p. 553"; Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 303 "; Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. 

 p. 159"; Coues, B. N. W. p. 186"; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 265 "; Nutting, Pr. U.S. 

 Nat, Mus. V. p. 392"; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 446"; Perez, Pr.U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 

 p. 151 '». 

 Psarocolius phceniceus, Wagl. Isis, 1831, p. 527 ^\ 

 Sericeo-niger ; alarum tectricibus minoribus coccineis, mediis oohraceis ; rostro nigro, pedibus obscure corylinis. 



Long, tota 9-0, alse 5-0, caudae 3-7, rostri a rietu 0-95, tarsi 1-3. 

 5 nigricans, albido et brunneo striata, supercUiis albidis ; subtus albida nigro guttata, capitis lateribus et 

 gutture toto rubido dilute indutis, alarum rectrioibus minoribus saturate rufo lavatis. Long, tota 7-3, 

 alse 3-9, caud« 3-0, rostri a riotu 0-8, tarsi 1-05. (Desor. maris et feminae ex DueSas, Guatemala. Mus. 

 nostr.) 



Eab. NoETH Ameeica generally, from the Great Slave Lake southwards.— Mexico 20, 

 Nuevo Leon (^OMcA 7), Saltillo and Espia {Kennerly''), Mazatlan {Grayson^% Real 

 del Monte and sides of the Cordillera {Bullock^), Tlacotalpam {Salle^), Orizaba 

 {Sumichrast ^% Chietla (Pern 20)^ Oaxaca [Boucard % Northern Yucatan {Gau- 

 mer^^), Cozumel I. (Gaumer) ; Beitish Hondueas, Belize (Leyland^, Blanca- 



