328 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 
[PART I. 
back tinged with brown, and a wash of olive - 
across the breast F . 4 5 . 
Superciliary stripe and cheek grayish-white, with- 
out any buff. Breast and chin quite pure 
white. Olive of back clear and pure; the 
ash of head well defined, and with little or 
no tinge of olive C 2 “ 5 . 
Cap distinctly ashy, in decided contrast with the olive 
back. No stripe on each side the chin. 
Outer quill about equal to, or very little shorter 
than the fourth. Second longest. Wing 
three inches long. 
Dusky edge of ashy cap very distinct. 
Sides but slightly olivaceous. Cris- 
sum and axillars faintly yellowish. 
Inner edge of quills white. Concealed 
portion of tail feathers wood brown. 
Bill and feet pale brown . . ° 
Outer quill about midway between fourth and 
fifth. Second usually longest. Wing three 
inches long. 
Dusky edge of cap and whitish super- 
ciliary line indistinct. Sides from 
neck broadly olive yellow. Crissum 
and axillars deep sulphur yellow. 
Concealed portion of tail feathers 
olive green. Inner edge of quills 
yellowish : . ° 5 
Outer quill shorter than fifth, midway between 
fifth and sixth. Third quill longest. Wing 
not exceeding 2.80 inches. Dusky edge of 
cap very distinct. Concealed portion of tail 
feathers olive green. 
Sides broadly olivaceous. Crissum and 
axillars sulphur yellow, less than in 
flavoviridis. Length about 5.50. Wing 
2.80 . . . . . A : 
Color of sides and crissum less intense. 
Size much smaller. Length 5.00. 
Wing 2.50. Tail feathers narrow . 
B. Bill short, weak; gape more than twice the distance from 
nostril to end of bill. With spurious primary, except in 
philadelphicus. Cap not edged with dusky. 
No spurious primary. Cap ashy. Back olive. Under 
parts sulphur yellow, paler on chin and abdomen. 
Second primary rather shorter than the sixth ‘ 
A short spurious primary, less than one-third the second 
quill. Beneath white. Cap ashy. Back olivace- 
ous ash. 
calidris. 
barbatula. 
olivacea. 
flavoviridis. 
agilis. 
chivi. 
philadelphica. 
