Plate CCCLXXXVIII. Fig. 5. Male.
Plate CCCCXXXIII. Fig. 1. Young Male. Fig. 2. Female.
First quill longer than fifth, the intermediate quills almost equal.
Male with the upper part of the head, the hind neck, and the anterior
portion of the back, with the loral space, some feathers at the base
of the lower mandible, and a rather narrow longitudinal band on the
fore neck, deep black; anterior part of the forehead, a band over the
eye, the cheeks, sides of the neck, and the breast, rich
orange-yellow, the rest of the lower parts paler; lower wing-coverts
and anterior edge of the wing pale yellow; hind parts of the back and
upper tail-coverts yellow tinged with green; wings brownish-black,
with a large patch of white formed by the outer small coverts and the
edges of the secondary coverts; quills edged with white; four middle
tail-feathers black, the rest orange-yellow, with a dusky patch near
the end. Female smaller, with the upper parts greyish-olive, lighter
on the rump; on the head and upper tail-coverts tinged with yellow;
loral space somewhat dusky; anterior part of the forehead, a band over
the eye, the cheeks, and sides of the neck, with the fore part of the
breast, light greenish-yellow; throat dull white, the rest of the
lower parts greyish-white, slightly tinged with yellow; wings dark
brown, the larger small coverts tipped with greyish-white; secondary
coverts and quills edged with the same; tail dull olivaceous-yellow.
Young like the female.
_Male_, 7-1/4, wing, 4-1/12.
Rocky Mountains, Columbia River, and California. Common. Migratory.
Xanthornus Bullockii, Swains. Syn. of Mex. Birds, Phil. Mag.
1827, p. 436.
Bullock's Troopial, Icterus Bullockii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v.
p. 9.