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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



from nostril .35, instead of .25 ; the tarsi .80, not .15. The wings 

 are more rounded, the difference between longest primary and tenth 

 being .30 instead of .40. The differences from V. vicinior, Coues, 

 are noted under that species. 



The specimen described is one of the t5'pcs of Mr. Salvin, and 

 kindly presented by that gentleman and Capt. Dow. 



Tireo ocliraceus. 



Vireo ochruceus, Salvin, P. Z. S, 1863, 188, no. 5 (San Jose, Guat.) 

 ?V. semijlavus, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1863, 188, no. 6 (Peten, Guat.) 

 Eab. Western and southern Mexico, Yucatan, and Guatemala. 



(No. 427, Salvin's Coll.) Wings short and rounded, a little longer than the 

 tail ; 1st quill nearly half as long as the 3d, considerably more than half the 



2d ; 5th and 6tli quills long- 

 est ; 4th little shorter ; 2d 

 shorter than 10th ; 3d equal 

 to 8th. Bill large, broad at 

 base, and rather depressed, 

 the sides nearly straight. 

 Tail somewhat rounded, 

 the feathers narrow. 



Above olive green, with 

 a soiled buflfy or reddish 

 tinge ; the olive purest on the rump. Beneath yellow with a reddish olive 

 tinge ; paler on throat, more olive on sides and perhaps across breast ; the 

 inside of wings paler yellow ; the inner edges of quills whitish. Cheeks 

 olive. A brighter yellowish line from bill along upper edge of eye to its 

 posterior corner, although apparently interrupted above the eye, and not 

 extending around lower eyelids, the space from eye to angle of mouth 

 more dusky. Wings with two broad bands, and outer edges of inner secon- 

 daries olivaceous-white, in decided contrast with the blackish-brown ground ; 

 the rest of quills and the tail feathers edged with olive green. Bill horn color 

 above, paler below. Legs plumbeous. 



(No. 427, 9 .) Total length, 4.50 ; wing, 2.20 ; tail, 2.00 ; difference between 

 10th quill and longest, .21 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, .80, of 2d, 1.36, 

 of longest (5th and 6thWmeasured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.66 ; 

 length of bill from forehead, .55, from nostril, .29, along gape, .60; tarsus, 

 .79 ; middle toe and claw, .56, claw alone, .20 ; hind toe and claw, .45, claw 

 alone, .22. 



The lack of a light mark below the eye and the interruption above 

 it of the usual superciliary stripe, causing the latter to reappear 



