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U. S. P. R R EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 
The Pendulinus dbeillii of Lesson, according to Bonaparte, differs from bullockii in having the 
flanks black ; it is stated to occur in California. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col- 
lected. 
Whence obtained. Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
5930 
6726 
7.25 
7.25 
12.00 
12.00 
11 >;<! 
June 5, 1855 
June 6, 1855 
6728 
9 
<j 
do . L 
4379 
3900 
3901 
1253 
1891 
5525 
5524 
5523 
6724 
2844 
2843 
6727 
6725 
6723 
5354 
9092 
May 7, 1855 
Dr. Geo. Suckley. 
168 
4.00 
3 
.... 1 
S. F. Baird 
9 
a 
3 
May 11, 1856 
April — , 1850 
591 
do 
S. F. Baird 
3 
Guadalupe canon 
Major Emory 
68 
Ma jor Emory . . . 
G. K. Warren..., 
3 
3 
1856 
Dr. Hayden 
7.62 
13.00 
4.25 
M. Verreaux 
29891 
The following Icterinae, not embraced in the preceding pages, are said, though probably 
without foundation, to occur in the United States. 
1. Xanthomes mexicanus, (Brisson) Vigors, Zool. of Blossom, 1839. Pacific coast of (North ?) 
America. 
2. Pendulinus abeillii, Lesson, Bev. Zool. Bonap. Comptes Bendus, 1853, 834. California. 
Said to differ from Icterus bullochii in black flanks, and to be the Oriolus costotoil of Gmelin. 
3. Icterus californicus. Lafkesnaye. 
Pendulinus calif ornianus, Lesson, Bev. Zool. VII, Dec. 1844, 436, California. — Bonap. 
Conspectus, 1850, 433. 
4. Icterus pustulaius, Licut. Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus, XXXVII, 1853, 835. Notes 
Delattre, 12. 
Sub-Family QUISCALINAE. 
Ch. — Bill rather attenuated, as long or longer than the head. The culmen curved, the tip much hent down. The cutting 
edges inflected so as to impart a somewhat tubular appearance to each mandihlc. The commissure sinuated. Tail longer than 
the wings, usually much graduated. Legs longer than the head, fitted for walking. 
The bill of the Quiscalinae is very different from that of the other Icteridae, and is readily 
recognized by the tendency to a rounding inward along the cutting edges, rendering the width 
in a cross section of the bill considerably less along the commissure than above or below. The 
culmen is more curved than in the Agelainae, 
The only genera in the United States are as follows : 
Scolecophagus. — Tail shorter than the wings ; nearly even. Bill shorter than the head. 
Quiscalus. — Tail longer than the wings ; much graduated. Bill as long as or longer than 
the head. 
