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U. S. P. R R EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
The Pendulinu.s 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. 
Stretch 
of wings 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
5930 
7.25 
12.00 
6726 
7.25 
12 00 
6728 
O 
7.12 
11.50 
4379 
V 
3 
May 7, 1855 
168 
8.08 
12.25 
4.00 
3900 
3901 
1253 
S. F. Baird. 
1891 
o 
May 11, 1856 
815 
5524 
V 
April —, 1856 
591 
5523 
<J 
6724 
2844 
2843 
<? 
6727 
1855. 
68 
6725 
D. T. O. Henry.... 
6723 
5354 
A 
1856. 
GF K. Warren.... 
7.62 
13.00 
4.25 
9092 
3 
29891 
The following Icterinae, not embraced in the preceding pages, are said, though probably 
without foundation, to occur in the United States. 
1. Xanthornus mexicanus, (Brisson) Vigors, Zool. of Blossom, 1839. Pacific coast of (North ?) 
America. 
2. Pendulinus abeillii, Lesson, Bev. Zool. Bonap. Comptes Rendus, 1853, 834. California. 
Said to differ from Icterus bullockii in black flanks, and to he the Oriolus coslototl of Gmelin. 
3. Icterus californicus, Lafresnaye. 
Pendulinus californianus , Lesson, Rev. Zool. VII, Dec. 1844, 436, California.— Bonap. 
Conspectus, 1850, 433. 
4. Icterus pustulatus , Licht. 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 bent down. The cutting 
edges inflected so as to impart a somewhat tubular appearance to each mandible. The commissure sinuated. Tail longer than 
the wings, usually much graduated. Legs longer than the head, fitted for walking. 
The hill 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 hill 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 : 
Scolecopiiagus. —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. 
