the only country from which wc have seen specimens o f it is the “ tierra fria ” o f Central anti
Southern Mexico, M. Boucard obtained examples o f it, near Orizava, and Mr. G. H. White iu
the vicinity o f the City o f M exico, as already recorded by Sclater. In a collection o f birdsldns
from the latter district, which has recently been submitted to our examination by Mr. II. S.
le Strange, late o f the British Legation in Mexico, is a fine pair o f this species which, as that
gentleman tells us, were brought to him alive, and were kept for some time in an aviar3^
Mr. le Strange infonns us that the Mexican name o f this bird as Calandria nicctera, while
Bullock’s Hang-nest, o f which he likewise procured examples, is called Calandria nopalera.
The three species o f this section o f tlie genus Icterus may be distinguished by the plumage
o f the adult males as follows :—
1. ICTEEUS BJXTIMOKE.
Orioius haltimore, L in n . Ic te ru s haltimore, B a u d . T ra it. d ’Oru. ii. p. 348 : B a ird B.N.A. p. 54S.
B ia g n . Cap ite to to cum g u la n ig ris : u ro p y g io flavo.
Mah. A tla n tic S ta te s o f N . America ; M ex ico : G u atem a la, Costa R ic a : V e ra g u a ; Panama.
2. ICTEETTS BVLLOCKI.
X a n th o rn u s hullockii. Svr. P liil. Mag. 1827, i. p . 43 6 : I c tm z s hullockii, Bp. ; Ba ird B.N.A. p . 549.
Bia g n . Pileo n ig ro , su p e rc iliis elo n g atis e t u ro p y g io flavis.
H a b . Pacific S ta te s o f N . Ame ric a : Mexico.
8. I cterus a b e il e í ;i , ta b . sciv.
B ia g n . P ileo e t co rpore to to su p rà n ig ris : superciliis c u rtis flavis.
H a b . Tab le-lan d o f Mexico.