302 LANIID^. 



sides of the breast and the flanks ; edge of wing and inner margin 

 of remiges white ; " bill and feet lead-colour " (Salvin). Culmen 

 0-5 inch, wing 2-2, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-7-0-8. 



Hab. Mexico and southern half of North America. 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico. Gould Collection. 



b. Ad. sk. Missouri. Purchased. 



16, Vireo pusillus. 



Vireo pusillus, Corns, Proc. A. N. Sc. Philad. 1866, p. 75 ; Baird, Rev. 

 Am. B. p. 360 ; Elliot, Illustr. B. N. Am. i. pi. vii. ; Cooper, Orn. 

 Californ. i. p. 124; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 381, no. 5756; Baird, 

 Brew., ^- Ridyiv. N. Am. B. i. pp. 383, 391. 



Closely allied to V. belli and V. pallens. " Above ashy grey, very 

 slightly tinged with olive on rump ; below dull white, ashy laterally, 

 the flanks with the slightest possible tinge of yellow ; eyelids and a 

 short line from the nostrils to the eye whitish, no other stripe ap- 

 parent ; a dusky loral spot ; primary-coverts indistinctly edged with 

 whitish, producing an obscure band, second band hardly perceptible ; 

 quills and tail-feathers edged with pale greyish olive, the innermost 

 secondaries with whitish. Wing 2-25 inches, tail 2'25, tarsus 0'73." 



" Hab. Arizona, California." {Baird.) 



17. Vireo ochraceus. 



Vireo ochraceus, Sah. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 188; Baird, Rev. Am. B. i. 

 p. 366; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 272; Sclat. Sf Salt: 

 Nomencl. p. 12 ; Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Ares, p. 201, 

 tab. 12. fig. 1. 



Vireo semiflavus. Salt: P. Z. S. 1863, p. 188. 



General colour above, including the taU and crown, uniform olive 

 with a slight ochraceous tinge, this tinge being more developed in 

 the immature bird and in the female ; praeocular region yellow ; 

 remiges narrowly edged with whitish ; greater and median series of 

 wing-coverts tipped with whitish, forming two alar bands ; undcr- 

 parts ochraceous yellow, inclining to whitish on the throat ; maxilla 

 pale horn-colour ; mandible white. Wing 2-2 inches, tail 1-8 

 tarsus O'S. (Salvin.) 



Hab. Central America from Mexico to Guatemala. 



Subsp. a. Vireo pallens. 



Vireo pallens, Salv. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 188 ; id. Ibis, 18G6, p. 193 ; 

 Baird, Rev. Am. B. i. p. 365 ; Scl. ^ Salv. Nomencl. p. 12 ; Salv. 

 Sr Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, p. 202, tab. 12. fig. 2. 



Upper parts uniform grey, with only a slight tinge of olive ; 

 underparts dull white slightly tinged with yellowish ; prajocular 

 region pale yellowish ; greater and median series of wing-coverts 

 with conspicuous whitish tips. Wing 2-3 inches, tail 1"9, tarsus 

 0-85. (Salvin.) 



Hab. Central America, Nicaragua and Costa Eica. 



