BIRDS-ICTERIDAE—ICTERUS WAGLERI, 
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List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex & 
Age. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
405« 
! <? 
Sta. Catarina, New 
April —, 1853 
Lt. D. N. Couch. 
185 
8. 25 
11. 75 
4. 00 
Eyes brown, bill 
Leon, Mex. 
black and blue, 
feet blue lead. 
4057 
o <? 
191 
8. 00 
12. 00 
4. 00 
10293 
Pecos river, Tex... 
1856......... 
Capt. J. Pope_ 
ICTERUS WAGLERI, S c 1 a t e r . 
Icterus icagleri, Sclater, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1857, 7. 
PsarocoliusJiavigaster, Wagler, Isis, 1829, 756. (Not of Vieillot.) 
Pendulinus domincensis, Bp. Consp. 1850, 432. (Not of Linn.) 
Sp. Ch.—-B ill much attenuated and considerably decurved. Tail considerably graduated. Head and neck all round, back, 
(the color extending above over the whole interscapular region,) wings, and tail, including the whole of the lower coverts and 
the tips of the upper, black. Lesser and middle upper, with lower wing coverts, hinder part of back, rump, and under parts 
generally, (except tail coverts,) orange yellow. Length 9.50 inches ; extent, 12 ; wing, 4.50 ; tail, 4.25 ; tarsus, 1.15. 
Hab.' —Northeastern Mexico to Rio Grande valley ; south to Guatemala. 
In this species the hill is slender, and very similar to that of I. cucullatus. The tail is long, 
much graduated ; the outer feather an inch shorter than the inner. The feathers are very 
broad, measuring three-quarters of an inch ; the difference in this respect, when compared 
with I. audubonii, is very striking. 
There is no yellow on the black tipped feathers. The orange yellow varies very little in 
different parts of the body. The quills and tail feathers are entirely black to their bases. The 
whole outer surface of the wing is pure black, except the yellow coverts. The tips of the 
posterior upper tail coverts are black ; the whole of the lower are black except for a short dis¬ 
tance behind the anus. 
This species is quite similar in external form and size to Icterus audubonii , but the bill is 
much more slender and decurved. 
The third and fourth quills are longest; the second longer than the fifth ; the first interme¬ 
diate between the fifth and sixth. 
A specimen from Guatemala (8089) is considerably smaller than that described, though other¬ 
wise similar. 
The rectification of synonymy, as quoted above, I borrow from Mr. Sclater’s article. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
4058 
8089 
s 
Saltillo, Coahuila, 
Mex. 
Guatemala_ 
May —, 1853 
Lieut. Couch_ 
J. Gould_ 
3 
9. 50 
12. 00 
4. 50 
Eyes dark brown. 
69 b 
June 25, 1858. 
