25. nvLOPHins. 305 



and rump, passing anteriorly into almost clear grey on tlie head ; 

 the interscapular region soiled with reddish olive ; no light bands 

 nor edgings of the wings, excepting the olive-green borders of the 

 quills, becoming paler towards the edge of the wing : chin and 

 throat, with a line from bill to eye, and eyelids white ; sides of head 

 grey ; breast and remaining underparts yellow, palest ventrally, 

 tinged with greenish on sides ; inside of wings pale yellowish ; inner 

 edges of quills tinged with the same ; bill light horn-colour, paler 

 below; feet plumbeous; iris hazel. Wing 2-20 inches, tail I'lO. 

 Wings short, though longer than tail, much rounded ; tail nearly 

 even." {Baird.) 



Hah. Porto Kico. 

 a. Ad. sk. Porto Eico. Dr. Henry Bryant [P.]. 



24. NEOCHLOE. 



Type. 



Neochloe, Sdat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857, p. 213 N. bre-s-ipeuuis. 



Wings very rounded, the second primary being much shorter than 

 the secondaries, and the third primary only about equal to them ; 

 the tail is about the same length as the wing, and also rounded. 

 Bill slender. 



The chief reason for separating N. hrevipennis from the rest of 

 the Vireonince is its peculiar pattern of coloration. 



Range. Southern Mexico. 



1. Neochloe brevipennis. 



Neochloe bre^-ipennis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 213 ; Baird, Rev. Am. B. 

 i. p. 372 ; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. 11. i. p. 547 ; Scl. Sj- Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 12 ; Salv. Si- Gudm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, p. 205, 

 tab. 13. fig. 2. 



Entire crown and nape olive-yellow ; wings and tail blackish brown, 

 externally broadly edged and washed with olive-yellow ; rest of 

 upper parts, sides of head, neck all round, chest, flanks, and thighs 

 dark bluish grey, tinged with olive on the lower back ; chin, lower 

 breast, abdomen and under tail-coverts, and inner margin of remiges 

 white ; edge of wing yeUow ; bill and feet blackish. Culmen 0'5 

 inch, wing 2-2, tail 2*1, tarsus 0"8. 



Hah. ilexico. 



n. [ (^ ] ad. sk. Orizaba. Matteo Botteri [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



25. HYLOPHILUS. 



Type. 



Hvlophilus, Temm. PI. Col. 173. fig. 2 (1823) i §• P«cilotis. 



' ' o \ / j ^ thoracicus. 



Pachysylvia, Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 309 (1850) .... H. deciutatus. 

 Bill more conical than in Vireo, the culmen being but slightly 

 curved towards the tip. The feet are stronger and longer in propor- 

 tion than those of Vino, and the hinder toe is longer. Wings short 

 VOL. vrir. T 



