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flanks and sides of neck shaded with dusky, the hitter color slightly- 

 washed across the breast. Tarsi, dark horn color. Bill : upper 

 mandible, dark horn color ; lower, pale horn color. Length, 

 .126 ; to end of claws, .134; to end of wings, .136; extent, .185; 

 wing from flexure, .058 ; tail beyond wings, .032 ; length of tail, 

 .047; tarsus, .0175 ; middle toe, .0115, its claw, .006; hind toe, 

 .008, its claw, .007 ; outer toe, .009, its claw, .0052 ; inner toe, 

 .007, its claw, .0055 ; bill along ridge, .012 ; gape, .017 ; depth 

 of bill, .0045 ; breadth, .005 ; nostril, .002 in length, by .0007 in 

 breadth. Spurious quill a little more than half the length of the 

 second ; 4th and 5th equal and longest; 6th nearly equal to the 

 3d, and .0015 shorter than the 4th ; 2d .007 shorter, and 1st .026 

 shorter than 4th ; 2d equal to 9th ; 7 transverse scales on the an- 

 terior part of tarsus. Adult female resembles the male in propor- 

 tions, but the colors are so faded and the feathers so much worn 

 that the upper parts are grayish, w4th hardly any olive tint. The 

 white border of the secondaries almost invisible except on the 

 inner feather ; the bands formed by the tips of the coverts are 

 white ; the yellow spot in front and around the eyes still con- 

 spicuous, though pale, — the lower parts much paler. A second 

 male, shot in March, is probably a young bird, as the plumage is 

 intermediate between the adult male and female. 



Vireosylvia altiloqua. Very abundant, arriving about the 1st 

 of May. The note of this bird did not appear to me to resemble 

 the syllables Whip Tom Kelly more than any other, though this 

 phrase might be introduced as part of the note, pronouncing the 

 first syllable very distinctly, and terminating with an additional note 

 longer than any, thus, — Whip torn kelly pheuu, and frequently 

 still another long note, wheQu. The note varies, however, though 

 this is the most common one. I procured seven specimens, all 

 males. I think the female had not arrived by the 13th of May. 

 As this is a rare bird in the United States, I give below measure- 

 ments of the largest and smallest of the seven. 



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