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ter with more of a bnfF tinge. Bill and legs dark plumbeous, the former 

 whitish along the tomia. 



Total length, 5.50 ; wing, 2.85 ; tail, 2.40 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, 

 1.00, of 2d, 1.80, of longest (4th) (measured from exposed base of 1st pri- 

 mary), 2.10; length of bill from forehead, .74, from nostril, ,44, along gape, 

 .81, depth, .28 ; tarsus, .82 ; middle toe and claw, .69, claw alone, .25 ; hind 

 toe and claw, .54, claw alone, .27. 



Ill some specimens there is an extremely obsolete indication of a 

 yellowish spot on lower eyelid, and a yellowish infra-ocular line from 

 commissure. The supra-ocular green of side of head is also some- 

 times rather paler than the post-ocular portion, in slight contrast, 

 and all the green of the side of the head is lighter than that of the 

 back. Sometimes the blue of the head is more or less mixed with 

 green. The lores are green like the I'est of the side of head. 



This species differs from the type in having the tail shorter, instead 

 of a little longer than the wings. 



Locality. 



Mexico. 

 Miiador, Mex. 

 Choctnm, Vera Paz. 

 Guatemala. 



Angostura, C. K. 



When 



Collected. 



Jan. 1860. 

 June 11, '64. 



Received from 



Verreaux. 

 Dr. Sartorius. 

 O. Salvin. 

 Cab. Lawrence. 

 Capt. J. M. Dow. 

 J, Carmiol. 



Collected by 



Tireolanius eximiiis. 



Vireolanius exiinius, Baird. 



Vireolanius icterophrys, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, 161, pi. 103 (Bogota), 

 not of Bonaparte. 



Hab. Bogota. 



Coloration precisely similar to that of V. pulchellus, but with a bright yel- 

 low stripe from nostrils above and beyond the eye, a yellow infra-ocular spot, 

 and dusky lores. Bill and legs blackish ; the lower mandible whitish at end. 



Total length, 5.50 ; wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2.50 : length of bill from forehead, .80, 

 from nostril, .50, along gape, .85, depth, .32 ; tarsus, .80. 



As in V. pulchellus, the top of head is clear blue ; the rest of 

 upper parts, and the sides of head, dark green ; the under parts 

 light yellowish-green ; the chin and throat, and inside of wings, 

 clearer yellow, as also the inner edges of the quills. The bill is 

 longer than in V. 2:)ulchellus. 



The species is described from a specimen in the museum of the 

 Philadelphia Academy. 



