Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 75 



Vireo alleni Cory. 



Vireo alleni CoRY, Auk, iii. pp. 500, 501 (i! 



Sp. Char.— Above dull olive, showing a dull yellow tinge on the forehead; a 

 stripe of yellow from the upper mandible to the eye, the yellow showing 

 on the upper and lower eyelids; entire under surface dull yellow, tinged 

 with olive on the flanks and sides; two distinct yellowish-white wing 

 bands; quills dark brown, most of the. feathers edged with yellowish-green 

 on the outer webs; tail brown, showing faint olive edgings on the outer 

 webs; bill horn color; legs dark brown or slaty brown. 

 Length, 4.10; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .75; bill, .45. 

 Habitat. Grand Cayman. 



Vireo crassirostris (Bryant). 



Lanivireo crassirostris Bryant, Pr. Best. See. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 112 



(1859)-— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 83 (iSSo). 

 Vireo crassirostris Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 36S (1S64).— ScL. & Sal v. 



Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 12 (1S73).— Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. 



VIII, p. 300 (1S83).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1SS5). 

 Vireonella crassirostris Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 3S2 (1S69). 



Sp. Char, il/a/e;— Above jellowish olive; a streak of olive from the nos- 

 tril, encircling the eje ; underparts yellowish ; wings and tail brown, 

 the feathers edged with greenish, the former showing two white 

 bands. 



Length, 5; wing, 2.40; tail, 1.90; tarsus, .84; bill, .40. 

 Habitat. Bahamas. 



This species is nearly allied to V. noveboracensis, but differs 

 from it in being slightly larger, and in having the entire mider- 

 parts an almost uniform color — pale yellow, or yellowish white.* 



Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.). 



Muscicapa noveboracensis Gmel. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 947 (1788). 

 Vireo noveboracensis Gundl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 469 (Cuba) ; ib. 1861, p. 404 

 (Cuba) ; ib. 1872, p. 484 (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



VII, p. 307 (i860) (Cuba).— Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VII, p. 

 300 (1883).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 10, (1885). 



Vireo {Lanivireo') noveboracensis GuNDL. J. f. O. 1S61, p. 324 (Cuba). 



Accidental in Cuba. 



Vireo gundlachi Lemb. 



Vireo ^tndlac/ii Lkmb. Aves Cuba, p. 29 (1S50). — Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 

 468.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60).— 

 Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 228 (1865). — Scl. ^^ Salv. 

 Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 12 (1873). — Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. 



VIII, p. 304 (1883).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1S85). 

 Vireonella ^undlac/ii B MRU, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 369 (1S64). — Gray, Handl. 



Bds. I, p. 382 (1869).— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 

 382 (1874)- 



* Vireo crassirostris ^aveseens, anew sub-species described by Ridgway, Man. 

 N. A. Bds. p. 476, 1887, " Yellow l)cneath, and olive green above." It occurs on 

 Rum Cay and Conception I., Bahamas. It is very clostiy allied to J', alhni. 



