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Sp. 1 . Xa. Mexicanus. 



Oriolus Mexicanus. Shato, v. vii. p. 434. 

 Sp. 2. Xa. icterocephalus. 



Oriolus icterocephalus. SkatVf v. vii. p. 434. 

 Sp. 3. Xa. Baltimore. 



Oriolus Baltimore. Shaw, v. vii. p. 425. Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 V. i. p. 23. jo/, i. /. 3. pL 53./. 4. 

 Sp. 4. Xa. minor. 



Oriolus minor. Shaw, v. vii. p. 443. 

 Sp. 5. Xa. varius. 



Oriolus castaneus. ShaWf v. vii. p. 427. — Oriolus mutatus. 

 Wils. Amer. Orn, v. i. p. 64. pi. A.f. 1 — 4. 

 Sp. 6. Xa. chrysopterus. Zool. Journ. {Vigors) v. ii. /?. 291. 

 Xa. wzo-er capite subcristato ; ptilis uropygioque flams. 

 Black Xanthornus with the head slightly crested ; the wings and 



rump yellow. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length six inches and a half : 

 the feathers of the head, forehead, and vertex a trifle 

 elongated, forming a small crest : the quills and tail- 

 feathers somewhat fuscous beneath : the beak pale : 

 the legs black. 



GENUS CLXL— ICTERUS, Cuvier. 



Rostrum subelongatum, sub- 

 gracile, subarcuatum, acu- 

 tum: mandibula superior 

 basi inter frontisplumas re- 

 trorsum extendente ; man- 

 dibularum marginibus in- 

 trorsum inclinantibus. 



Nares ovales, partim mem- 

 brana tectae. 



Beak elongated, rather slen- 

 der, a little arched, acute : 

 the upper mandible with 

 the base extending among 

 the feathers of the fore- 

 head; the edges of both 

 mandibles inclining in- 

 wards. 



Nostrils oval, partly covered 

 by a membrane. 



