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AGELAIN^. ICTERUS. 
portion of the back^ with the loral space, some feathers at the base of 
the lower mandible, and a rather narrow longitudinal band on the 
fore neck, deep black ; anterior part of the forehead, a band over the 
eye, the cheeks, sides of the neck, and the breast, rich orange-yellow, 
the rest of the lower parts paler ; lower wing-coverts and anterior 
edge of the wing pale yellow ; hind parts of the back and upper tail- 
coverts yellow tinged with green ; wings brownish-black, with a large 
patch of white formed by the outer small coverts and the edges of the 
secondary coverts ,* quills edged with white ; four middle tail-feathers 
black, the rest orange-yellow, with a dusky patch near the end. Fe- 
male smaller, with the upper parts greyish- olive, lighter on the rump ; 
on the head and upper tail-coverts tinged with yellow ; loral space 
somewhat dusky ; anterior part of the forehead, a band over the eye, 
the cheeks, and sides of the neck, with the fore part of the breast, 
light greenish-yellow ; throat dull white, the rest of the lower parts 
greyish- white, slightly tinged with yellow ; wings dark brown, the 
larger small coverts tipped with greyish-white ; secondary coverts and 
quills edged with the same ; tail dull olivaceous-yellow. Young like 
the female. 
Makj 7J, wing, 
Rocky Mountains, Columbia River, and California. Common. Mi- 
gratory. 
Xanthornus Bullockii, Swains. Syn. of Mex. Birds, Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 436. 
Bullock’s Troopial, Icterus Bullockii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 9. 
219. 3. Icterus spurius, Gmel. Orchard Hangnest. — Or- 
chard Oriole. 
Plate XLII. Male, Female, and Young. 
Tail much rounded. Male with the head, neck, and fore part of the 
back, black ; the rest of the body chestnut- red ; quills and larger co- 
verts black, the former margined, the latter tipped with greyish-white ,* 
tail-feathers black, tipped with dull white. Female with the head 
and upper parts dull yellowish-green, the fore part of the back tinged 
with brown ; lower parts pale yellow j wings and tail greyish-brown, 
the feathers of the former margined with greyish-white, of the latter 
with yellowish-green. Young, like the female. Young males in va- 
rious stages variously coloured. 
MaUj 62 , 9. 
From Texas to Connecticut, over the valley of the Mississippi, 
Kentucky, and Ohio. Abundant. Rare in Massachusetts and Maine. 
Missouri to the bases of the Rocky Mountains. Migratory. 
Orchard Oriole, Oriolus mutatus, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 64. 
Icterus spurius, Bonap. Syn. p. 51. 
Spurious or Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 165. 
Orchard Oriole, Icterus spui’ius, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 221 5 v. v. p. 485. 
