. Animals in menageries. rathershorter than the fourth, the bill is not so strong, and the baseof the under mandible is rounded. 67. Icterus tibialis. Black. Tail lengthened. Thighs and shoulder covers,both above and beneath, pure yellow. Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. Size and habit of/. Cai/enensis.* Total length 8^ inches ;bill straight, from the gape f^; front -^^; wings 3i ; tail, be-yond, 21; base 4\ ; tarsus f^. (38. Agelaius ruficollis. Glossy black: front, crown, forepart of the neck, andbreast, chestnut. Inhabits the province of Pernambuco in Brazil: ex-cessively rare. Mus. Nost. Total
. Animals in menageries. rathershorter than the fourth, the bill is not so strong, and the baseof the under mandible is rounded. 67. Icterus tibialis. Black. Tail lengthened. Thighs and shoulder covers,both above and beneath, pure yellow. Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. Size and habit of/. Cai/enensis.* Total length 8^ inches ;bill straight, from the gape f^; front -^^; wings 3i ; tail, be-yond, 21; base 4\ ; tarsus f^. (38. Agelaius ruficollis. Glossy black: front, crown, forepart of the neck, andbreast, chestnut. Inhabits the province of Pernambuco in Brazil: ex-cessively rare. Mus. Nost. Total length 7 inches; bill, gape-/g; ditto, front ^;wings S^; tail, beyond, 1^^; ditto, base 3; tarsus 1; mid-dle toe and claw Ij-j. The second, third, and fourth quills * Zool. 111. ii. pi. 22. OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 303 longest and equal: tail rounded. Ears and sides of the neckblack. 6Q. Agelaius glossy black. Feathers of the head and necklanceolate : lores plumed : upper mandible slightly bent. at the tip; lower with oblique grooves at the , 64. f. 2. Inhabits Brazil, {fig. 54. a) Mus. Nost. Total length 9 inches ; bill, gape f^; wings 5 ; tail, be-yond, 2; base 4; tarsus 1-y^; hind toe and claw ^^. Thisseems to be the Icterus vnicolor of Lich. Berlin Cat. 70. Agelaius pustulatus. Entirely glossy black. Feathers of the head lanceolate :lores and base of the under mandible naked and warted. Inhabits the plains in the interior of Bahia^ Brazil.{fig. 54. h) Mus. Nost. 71. Leistes oriolides.
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