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Pekez, rroc. U. S. Xat. Mus., ix, 188(5, U2 (Huehnetlan, Puebla; Jalapa, 

 Vera Cruz).— Cory, Auk, v, 1888, 158 (Greuada); Birds W. I., 1889, 290 

 (Grenada). 



V.[ol(Uinia']jac(irin(i Cabanis, 3Iu8. Hein., i, 1851, I-!?, i)art (Venezuela). 



[Volatinin^ jacarina ScLATER and SxLYiy, Nom. Av. Xeotr., 1873; 29, part. 



Vol(((inia jacarini Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 152, part (localities and 

 references pertaining to Guiana, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, and north 

 to Belize, British Honduras; Izaujal, Yucatan; Presidio, near Mazatlan) . — 

 Saia-adori and Festa, Boll. 3Ius. Zool., etc., Torino, xv, 1899, 25 (Valle del 

 Chota, centr. Ecuador; Vnices ami Balzar, w. P^cuador; references). 



Genus EUETHEIA Reichenbach. 



Euelhe'm KEicnENKAcu, Av. Syst. Xat., June 1, 1850, pi. 79. (Type, P'riiu/ilki 

 lepldd 'Lmnivus,=^ Eiiiheriza nllrdccn Linnjicus. ) (See Stejneger, Auk, ii, 

 1885, 48. ) 



Euethia (emendation) Cahaxis, Mus. Hein., i, June, 1851, 14(5. 



Phonipavd Bonaparte, Consp. A v., i, July oO, 1850, 494. (Type, Lo.riu r/niura 

 Gmelin. ) 



Very .small Fringillidaj (wing les.s than 63.50) with tail uiiich .shorter 

 than rather rouiKled wing* (about three-fourth.s to four-tifths as long), 

 not emarginate; bill rather small, conical and acute, with straight, 

 or nearly straight, outlines; tarsus about two-fifths as long- us tail and 

 about equal to or slighth' exceeding- middle toe with claw; plumage 

 unstreaked (even in young), plain dtisky or olive, or, in some species, 

 marked with yellow about the head. 



Bill small, conical (depth of base about equal to length of maxilla 

 from nostril), acute, much compressed, with nearly straight outlines; 

 Gulmen (from concealed base) about half as long as tarsus or a little 

 more, straight, arched at base, faintly com'ex throughout, or interme- 

 diate; gonys straight, about equal to basal width of maxilla or a little 

 less, decided^ less than length of maxilla from nostril; maxillar}^ 

 tomiuni nearh' straight, ])ut very faintly convex in middle, the ])asal 

 portion strong!}' and al)ruptly deflected; mandi))ular tomium straight 

 or faintly convex to the subbasal angle, or faintly concave just before 

 the latter. Nostril small, roundish, or longitudinally oval. Rictal 

 bristles scarcely obvious. Wing rather short (a little more than three 

 to three and a third times as long as tarsus), rounded (ninth primary 

 shorter than fifth); primaries exceeding secondaries 1)y not more than 

 length of exposed cidmen. Tail three-fourths to nearl}' four-fifths as 

 long as wing, near!}- even, very slightly rounded, or double-rounded, 

 the rectrices rounded at tips. Tarsus about two-fifths as long as tail 

 or a little more, its scutella fairly distinct; middle toe with claw equal 

 to or slightly shorter than tarsus; lateral claws falling decidedly short 

 of base of middle claw; hallux about as long as inner toe, its claw 

 decidedly shorter than the digit. 



Coloration. — Adult males chiefiy plain ])lack and olive, with or with- 

 out 3'ellow patches on head; adult females similar but with less black 

 and yellow, or none; j^oung not streaked. 



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