Description of a New Oriole (Icterus fuertesi) from Mexico
1911; Oxford University Press; Volume: 28; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/4071487
ISSN1938-4254
Autores Tópico(s)Botanical Research and Applications
ResumoAmong the birds collected by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and the writer in Mexico, between February 23 and April 21, 1910, are four specimens of an apparently undescribed oriole which, while most nearly related to Icterus spurius, appears to be specifically distinct from that bird.For this new bird I propose the name Icterus fucrtesi, in honor of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, not alone in recognition of his invaluable services to ornithology, but also because, attracted by its notes, he was the actual discoverer of the species to which his name is now given.This interesting species was found on the south bank of the
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