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130 Many pairs were seen May 16 and June 2 and 16, 1877, though no nests were found. — (E. cornuta, Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 486. — E. alpestris chry- solcema, Sennett, B. Rio Grande, 9.)

84. Molothrus ater, (Bodd.)

Very common during winter, arriving early in September and leaving in April. The males frequent the stables and picket-lines in large flocks, with three or four other species of Blackbirds : the females are much less common. — (M. pecoris, Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 492.)

85. * Molothrus ater var. obscurus, (Gmel.)

Common during summer, replacing var. pecoris when it leaves. I have found the eggs or young in nests of Pyrocephalns var. mexicanus, Vireo noveboracensiSj Icteria virenSj Amphispiza bilineata, Embernagra rufivir- gata, Icterus cucullatus, I. var. affinis, and Agelwus phceniceus. Fifteen eggs now before me average .78 by .61, which is considerably larger than the measurements given by Dr. Brewer. — (M. ater obscurus, Sennett, B. Rio Grande, 22.)

86. * Molothrus aeneus, (Wagl.) — The Red-eyed Cowbird.

Psarocolim ceneus, Wagl., Isis, 1829, 758.— Bonap., Consp. I, 1850, 426. Molothrus wneusj Caban., Mus. Hein. I, 1851, 192.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1856, 300; 1859, 365 (Jalapa),381 (Oaxaca); Catal. 1861, 135, No. 819 (Jalapa;.— Scl. & Salv., Ibis, 1860, 34 ; Nom. Neotr. 1873, 37.— Owen, Ibis, 1861, 61 (Guatemala; descr. eggs).— Cass., Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1866, 18 (Mazatlan, ManzaDillo, and Jalapa, Mexico; Yucatan; Nicaragua: Costa Rica ; Panama).— Stjmichr., Mem. Bost. Soc. I, 1869, 552 (Vera Cruz; hot and temperate regions. Vulg. : " Tongonito" ; "Enmante- cado")— Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, 191 (Chitra and Calobre, Veragua).— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. IX, 1868,104 (Costa Rica); Mem. Bost. Soc. II, 1874, 281 (Mazatlan, Manzanillo Bay, and Mts. of Colima, W. Mexico. Habits) ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 4, 1876, 24 (Tapana, Isth. Tehuantepec; April.— "Iris red"). — Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn, Club, I, Nov. 1876, 88 (Ft. Brown, Texas ; very abundant) ; ib. II, Oct. 1877, 85 (habits; descr. of eggs and young. — "Iris blood-red" in adult; brown in young). — Coues & Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv.Terr. Feb. 1878, 23 (Fort Brown, Tex.— Syn.,diag., remarks). Molothrus robustus, Caban., Mus. Hein. I, 1851, 193 ; J. f. O. 1861, 81. j3. armenli.

Molothrus armentij Caban., Mus. Hein. I, 1851, 192; J. f. O. 1861, 82.— Cass., P. A. N. S. March, 1866, 18 (Demarara; Savanilla, New Granada).