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only about .20 shortei". The feet of sicainsoni are weaker, and the 

 colors generally paler and grayer. " Iris dark brown" (Coues). 



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Vireosylvia josepliae. 



Vireo josephas, Sclatek, P. Z. S. 1859, 137, pi. 154 (Pallatauga, Ecua- 

 dor).— Ib. Catal. 1861, 42, uo. 257. 



Hab. Ecuador to Costa Rica ; Pueito Cabello. 



(No. 34,667.) First primary short, about two-fiftlis the 2d, which-is about 

 equal to tlie 8th or 9th ; the 4th aud 5tli about equal and longest. (These 



proportions the same in five 

 spe(;iiiiens.) 



Above olive ; greener and 

 brighter on the rump, becom- 

 ing bi'ownish anteriorly, or 

 more truly olive ; the top and 

 sides of head, with nape, olive 

 brov^n. A broad stripe from 

 nostrils over and beyond eye 

 to nape, and a patch beneath 

 it and eyelids quite pure 

 white, leaving the lores and a 

 post-ocular stripe like th« head. Cheeks tinged with olive. Chin and tliroat 

 whitish ; rest of under parts yellow, deepest on sides and crissum. Sides of 

 breast tinged with brownish-olive. Quills and tail feathers brown, edged ex- 

 ternally with olive green, internally with pale yellow. No bands on the wines, 

 but the greater coverts of a paler olivaceous than elsewhere. Bill dusky 

 above, paler below ; legs plumbeous. " Iris brown." 



(No. 34,667, % .) Total length, 4.70; wing, 2.70; tail, 2.20; exposed por- 

 tion of 1st primary, .65, of 2d, 1.75, of longest (5th) (measured from exposed 

 base of 1st primary), 2.18 ; length of bill from forehead, .56, from nostril, .32, 

 along gape, .71 ; tarsus, .67 ; middle toe and claw, .51 ; hind toe and claw, .38. 



Of tlie five specimens before nie, one. No. 27,947, from Bogota, 

 furnished by Mr. Sclater as a tyjie of his species, differs in the ex- 

 istence of an ocbry brown tinge on the crissum, tail feathers, and 



Vireosylvia. Jasephm. (Puerto Cabello.) 



