BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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tail, 44-49 (47.4); exposed culmen. 8-9.5 (8.9); tarsus. 19-20 (19.9); 

 middle toe, 9-11 (10.1).« 



Adult female.— hewgth (skins), ill-114 (112.2): wing, 54-58 (56.1); 

 tail, 44-49 (46.3); exposed culmen, 9-10 (9.7); tarsus, 19.5-20 (19.8); 

 middle toe, 10-11 (10.2).* 



Rio Grande Valley of Texas (Cameron and Hidalgo counties to 

 Kinney County) and northeastern Mexico, in States of Tamaulipas 

 (Matamoras; Ciudad Victoria; Mier; Soto La Maria), Nueyo Leon 

 (Monterey), and San Luis Potosi (Angostura, December). 



Vireo noreboracetim (not Musdcapa noreboracennis Gmelin) Baikd, Rep. U. S. 

 and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. 2, 1859, 12 (Brownsville, Texa.s). — Merrill, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu8., i, 1878, 125 (Fort Brown, Texas, l)reeding).— Sexxett, 

 Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 389 (Lomita, s. Texas, 

 breeding). — Ridgway, Nom. X. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 143, part. — Coues, 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 181, part.— Salvin and Godmax, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, i, 1881, 200, part.— Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., viii, 1883,300, 

 part. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 631, part. — 

 Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 236, part (lower Rio Grande Valley).— 

 JouY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 778 (Hacienda Angostura, San Luis 

 Potosi, Dec. 16). 



[Vireo} noveboracensis SchATER and Salvix, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 12, i)art. 



T'[ireo] yioveboracensis Coves, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 334, part. — Ridg- 

 way, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 475, part. 



Vireo noveboracensis mierus Nelson, Auk, xvi, Jan., 1899, 30 (Victoria, Tamau- 

 lipas; coll. V. S. Nat. Mus.). — Mearns, Auk, xix, 1902, 87 (Kinney and 

 Uvalde counties to Gulf coast, s. Texas; crit. ). — -Americax Ornitholocusts' 

 Uxiox Committee, Auk, xix, 1902, 326 (check list no. 631r). 



F[ireo] n\_oi:eboracensis'] micrns Bailey (Florence M.), Handh. I'irds W. {'. S., 

 1902, 399. 



VIREO PERQUISITOR Nelson. 



VERA CRTIZ VIREO. 



Similar to V. iirn^ehoracends micrns., but smaller (except bill), tarsus 

 much shorter, upper parts entirely greenish oliye, and luider parts 

 whoU}' dingy j'ellowish. 



« Twelve specimens. 

 ^ Six specimens. 



Specimens from southern Texas (■()ini)are in average measurements with those 

 from INIexico as follows: 



The Texas specimens are typical as to coloration. 



