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Note 7. Coccyzits erythroptiialmits. We strongly suspect 
C. cinereus , Vieill. taken from D’Azzara, to be no other than 
Wilson’s C. erythropthalmus : according to the same author, Cu- 
culus seniculus is also a summer visitant of the southern states. 
Note 8. Picus tridactylus. Misled by Temminck and all 
other authors, we have fallen into several errors regarding this spe- 
cies. Having lately carefully studied it, we are now enabled to 
characterize it accurately in all its states. 
46. Picus tridactylus, L. Bill very broad, depressed ; tar- 
sus feathered above ; sides of the head striped with black and 
white. 
Male glossy black, beneath white ; top of the head yellow. 
Female glossy black, beneath white ) crown wholly black. 
Young, black lineated with white ; crown finely streaked 
with white. 
Northern three-toed Woodpecker , Ficus tridactylus , Nob . 
Am. Orn. ii. pi. 14 . fig. 2 . 
Inhabits the north of both continents. 
Note 9. Quiscalus ferrugineus. Oriolus niger , Black Oriole , 
Gm. Lath, quoted by Wilson, and at first by myself in my Observa- 
tions, under the above species, is a different bird, inhabiting the 
West Indies and South America. It forms a fourth well ascer- 
tained species of this genus. In the general system, its place is 
between Q. versicolor and Q. ferrugineus , arid as it may easily be 
mistaken, I shall characterise it. 
Quiscalus baritus, Nob. Glossy black ; tail much rounded, 
reaching beyond the wings more than two inches ; osseous carina 
small : length ten inches. 
Female but little smaller, dull brownish ; beneath and eyebrows, 
whitish. 
Synonyms. Gracula barita , L. (Gm ? applies to the present as 
well as to Q. versicolor ,) not of Lath. Icterus niger , Briss . Quis- 
calus baritus , Vieill ? Agelaius niger , Vieill. Oriolus niger , Gm. 
Lath. Oriolus oryzivorus ? Gm. Lath. Troupiale noir de St. 
Domingue , Buff. pi. enl. 534. Black Oriole , Penn. Lath, Syn . 
Rice Oriole ? Lath . syn. Ploceus oryzivorus , or niger ■> Cuv . 
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