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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Lesser coverts gamboge-yellow ; middle coverts yellow ; no white 
on wings or tail. Wing, 3.50 ; tail, 3.90; oilmen, .85; tarsus, .90. 
Hab. New G-ranada, Venezuela, and Trinidad . . var. auricapillus. 
HYPHANTES. Crown, back, scapulars, wings, and part of tail, deep black ; 
wing with much white. Other portions orange or yellow. Sexes very dif- 
ferent. 
6. I. baltimore. Head entirely deep black ; tail orange, the feathers black 
at base ; greater coverts broadly tipped with white ; secondaries and prima- 
ries skirted with the same. Other portions rich, mellow orange, the rump 
as intense as the breast. Wing, about 3.75; tail, 3.50; culmen, .80; tar- 
sus, .97. ( Baltimore Oriole.') 
7. I. bullocki. Head mainly black, with an orange or yellow superciliary 
stripe, and a broader one beneath the eye, cutting off the black of the 
' throat into a narrow strip ; tail orange or yellow, the feathers with black 
at ends ; greater coverts with outer webs wholly white, and middle coverts 
entirely white, producing a large conspicuous longitudinal patch on the 
wing ; tertials and secondaries broadly edged with white, and primaries more 
narrowly skirted with the same. Other portions rich orange or yellow. 
{Bullock's Oriole.) 
Rump grayish-orange; sides and flanks deep orange; forehead and 
auriculars orange ; a broad supraloral stripe of the same. Xanthic tints 
deep orange, with a reddish tinge on the breast. Wings, 4.00 ; tail, 
3.50 ; culmen, .80 ; tarsus, .90. Hob. "Western Province of United 
States . var. bullocki. 
Rump black ; sides and flanks black ; forehead and auriculars black ; no 
yellow or orange supraloral stripe. Xanthic tint a very intense gam- 
boge, without any shade of orange. Wing, 4.00 ; tail, 3.50 ; culmen, 
.75; tarsus, .85. Hah. Mexico var. abeillei. 
• Subfamily QUISOALIMiE. (Page 70.) 
Iris yellow in the North American species. 
Scolecophagus. Tail shorter than the wings ; nearly even. Bill shorter than the 
head. (Page 74.) 
Quiscalus. Tail longer than the wings ; much graduated. Bill as long as or longer 
than the head. (Page 75.) 
— Genus SCOLECOPHAGUS, Swainson. (Page 74.) ^ 
S. ferrugineus. Nest in. bushes or reeds in wet places. Eggs greenish, thickly 
blotched and dotted with ferruginous and brown. 
Bill slender ; height at base not .4 the total length. Color of male black, 
with faint purple reflection over whole body ; wings, tail, and abdomen 
glossed slightly with green. Autumnal specimens with feathers broadly 
edged with castaneous-rusty. Female brownish du sky-slate, without gloss ; 
no trace of light superciliary stripe. Length, 9.50 ; wing, 4.75 ; tail, 4.00. 
Hab. North America, except western half of United States. Along Yukon 
River to Nulato. {Busty Blackbird.) .... var. ferrugineus. 
Bill stout; height at base nearly .5 the total length. Color black, with 
green reflections over whole body. Head only glossed with purple. Au- 
tumnal specimens, feathers edged very indistinctly with umber-brown. 
