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BEVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



(1,036) 5.00; 8.00; 2 50. (1,037.) 5.10; 2.50. (S4,360.) 5.10; 7.70. (17,307.) With eggs. 

 No. 2,529. (37,914.) Iris white. 



Vireo earmioli, Baird. (Costa Rica.) 



Tireo earmioli. 



Vireo earmioli, Baied, n. sp. 

 Hab. Highlands of Costa Rica. 



(No. 35,237, % .) Wings lengthened, considerably longer than the slightly 

 rounded tail ; the 1st quill about two-fifths the 2d, which equals the 7th 



(much longer than 10th) ; 4th and 

 5th nearly equal, and longest ; 3d 

 little shorter. Feet short, about 

 two-thirds tarsus. Bill small, slen- 

 der and attenuated ; the lateral out- 

 lines decidedly concave. 



(No. 35,236.) Above bright olive 

 green ; beneath clear greenish-yel- 

 low, palest (almost whitish) on 

 throat ; tinged with olive green on 

 sides and breast ; purer yellow inside the wings, the quills and tail-feathers 

 edged internally with pale sulphur yellow. Wings with two broad bars, and 

 broad outer edges of inner secondaries greenish-yellow, contrasting very 

 strongly with the almost black of the wing-feathers ; rest of quill- and the 

 tail-feathers edged externally with olive-green, paler towards the extremity ; 

 the edges of the outermost feather of wing and tail much paler. A conspicu- 

 ous yellowish line from nostrils over the eye, and extending nearly as far 

 behind it as in front of it, though not reaching the nape, and not interrupted 

 above ; lower eyelids similar. A dusky loral spot from corner of eye to angle 

 of mouth ; rest of cheeks olivaceous. Bill quite dusky ; lower mandible 

 paler; legs plumbeous. "Iris brown." 



(No. 35,237, %.) Total length, 4.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.20 ; diflFerence be- 

 tween 10th quill and longest, .45 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, .70, of 2d, 

 1.65, of longest, 3d, measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.85 ; length 

 of bill from forehead, .50, from nostril, .25, along gape, .55 ; depth, 15 ; tarsus, 



