74 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Family VIREONID^. 



Genus Vireo Vieill. 



Vireo Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 83 (1S07). 



Vireo modestus Scl. 



Vireo noveboracensis GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 192 (1S47). 



Vireo modestus Scl. P. Z. S. i860, p. 462. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 

 194. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294. — Baird, Rev. 

 Am. Bds. p. 362 (1864). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 12 

 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881). — 

 Gadow Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VIII, p. 303 (1883).— Cory, List Bds. 

 W. I. p. 10 (1885). 



Vireonella modestus Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 382 (1869). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Uppei plumage dull olive green; throat pale; belly 

 dull yellowish brown ; primaries and secondaries brown, edged with 

 dull greenish on the outer webs ; coverts edged with dull yellowish 

 white, forming an imperfect wing-band ; tail-feathers narrowly edged 

 with olive green. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.40; tail, 2; tarsus, .65. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Vireo iatimeri Baird. 



Vireo Iatimeri Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 364 (1864). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 252 (1866). — ScL. & Salv. Nom Avium Neotr. 



p. 12 (1873).— Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII. p. 135 (1878); 



lb. J. f. O. 1S78; p. 158.— Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VIII, p. 304 



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

 Vireonella Iatimeri Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 382 (1869). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head grayish brown; back olive green; under- 

 parts showing throat dull white, shading into bright yellow on the 

 breast and belly ; wings and tail brown, feathers edged with pale 

 greenish. 



Length (skin), 4.25; wing, 2.25; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .75. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



