BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMP:RirA, 1 r»9 



edged with white, sometimes tiii<^ecl with pale \ello\\ ; maxilhi dark 

 brownish with paler tomia; mandible much paler (pale bluish gray in 

 life?)^ ii'i"^- brown; legs and feet, lirownish or dusky in dried skins 

 (grayish blue or bluish gray in life i). 



Adult waZ^.— Length (skins), 117-120 (118.5); wing, 70-71 (T().5); 

 tail, -18.5-50 (49.2); exposed eulmen, 11; tarsus, 16.5-17 (10. T); middle 

 toe, 10." 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 111-liiO (115.5); wing, H.5-H7 (OO); 

 tail, 46-17 (46.5); exposed eulmen, 10.5-11 (10.7); tarsus, 17-17.5 

 (17.2); middle toe, 10. « 

 ' Highlands of Vera Ch-u/ (Orizaba, Jalapa, ete.), southeastern Mexico. 



^^ireosyhial gilra var. jnwph:r (not Mreo joKcpJur 8clater) Baikd, Bkewek, and 

 RiDGWAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 360, footnote, part (Orizaba, Vera 

 Cruz). 



Vireo amauronotns Salvix and Godmax, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves., i, sig. 25, Dec, 

 1881, 193 (Orizaba, Vera Cruz, Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ). — Gadow, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., viii, 1883, 298.— Chapmax, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 X, 1S9S, 2.5 (.Talapa, Vera Cruz; crit. ) 



VIREOSYLVA AMAURONOTA STRENUA (Nelson). 

 CHIAPAS VIREO. 



Similar to T" f/. (///Kn/tr/nota, but darker, the pileum deep sooty 

 l)rown or sepia, the back. etc.. more brownish oli\'e. 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 112; wing, 67; tail. 46.5; exposed 

 eulmen, 11; tarsus, 18; middle toe, 10.5.^ 



Highlands of Chiapas (Tumbala). southern Mexico. 



Vireo ammirouotux drennxs Nelsox, Auk, xvii, .Inly, 1900, 268 (Timibala. 

 Chiapas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



VIREOSYLVA JOSEPHiE COSTARICENSIS, new subspecies. '■ 

 BROWN-CAPPED VIREO. 



Similar to V. J. jo.scp/ia'.^^ hnt pileum paler sooty brown, yellow of 

 under parts deeper, wing shorter, and tail longer; also res('uit)ling 

 T". amaun>not((.i but color of pileum browner and extending over 

 hindneck, back, etc., oil}^ olive-green, superciliary stripe more sharply 

 detined (especially the posterior portion), and under ]iarts of l)ody 

 wholly light yellow. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Pileum and hindneck deep sooty brown or 

 sepia; back, scapulars, rump, upper tail-coverts, and lesser wing- 



"Two specimens. 



''One specimen (the type). 



'Type, no. 41269; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., S;in .lost'. Cusla Hic;i: .1. (':irriiii>l. 



''See footnote on page 134, 



