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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



bead and luterscapular region. The first primary is barely half, or 

 not half the second, instead of more than half as in modedus. 



Note. — The point of upper mandible, as seen from above, is not 

 sufficiently acute in the figure. 



(23,.323.) A type. 



Vireo latimeri, Baird. 



(Porto Rico.) 



Vireo latimeri. 



Vireo hitimeri, Baikd, n. sp. 

 Hah. Porto Rico. 



(No. 39,347.) Upper parts olivaceous ; brightest and greenest on lower back 

 and rump, passing anteriorly into almost clear gray on the head, the inter- 

 scapular region soiled with 

 reddish olive. No light bands 

 nor edging of the wings, ex- 

 cepting the olive green borders 

 of the quills, becoming paler 

 towards the edge of the wing. 

 Chin and throat, with a line 

 from bill to eye, and eyelids, 

 white. Sides of head gray. 

 Breast and remaining under 

 parts yellow, palest centrally, 

 tinged with greenish on sides. Inside of wings pale yellowish, inner edges 

 of quills tinged with the same. Bill light horn color, paler below ; legs 

 plumbeous. "Iris hazel." 



Wings short, though longer than tail, concave, much rounded — the differ- 

 ence between the 10th and longest primary being but .23 of an inch. First 

 quill much more than half 2d, about half 3d, which is shorter than 7th ; 

 4th and 5th about equal and longest. Tail short, nearly even. 



(No. 39,347.) Total length, 4.80 ; wing, 2.20 ; tail, 1.90 ; difference between 

 10th and longest quills, .24; exposed portion of 1st primary, .76, of 2d, 1.S5, 

 of longest (4th and 5th), (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.C8 ; 

 length of bill from forehead, .55, from nostril, .32, along gape, .64; tarsus, 

 .75 ; middle toe and claw, .55, claw alone, .16 ; hind toe and claw, .45, claw 

 alone, .20. 



This species, in its gray head and neck in contrast to the yellowish 

 of under parts, is quite different from any other excepting V.josephse. 

 The wings, however, are much shorter, and differently proportioned ; 



