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appreciable difference there from V. calidris, of Jamaica and St. 
Croix. The wing formula differs slightly in being 3. 2. 4. 5. 1. ; the 
outer quill being a little shorter than the fifth. A second specimen 
from Sombrero is undistinguishable in coloration from Jamaican 
skins, and has the Ist quill intermediate between the fourth and fifth. 
In the absence of a larger number of specimens I cannot say what 
are the exact relationships of the St. Croix and St. Thomas birds 
to the Jamaican. The two before me I cannot in any way distinguish 
from some Jamaican skins, among which there is some variation. 
Specimens from Porto Rico and St. Domingo are also similar in 
general features. There is considerable variation in the size of bill 
in specimens from the same locality. 
There can be little question that the figure of Edwards, upon 
which the name of Linnzeus is based, refers to the Jamaican long-billed 
Vireo, although he does not satisfactorily express the color of the 
under parts. I have, therefore, restored calidris as the specific name. 
The Muscicapa olivacea, of Linneus, which has usually been con- 
sidered to refer to the North American red-eyed Vireo, is based on 
pl. 253 of Edwards’ Gleanings, which is unquestionably the Jamaican 
Vireo now under discussion. Linneus, however, associates with it 
the figure of Catesby, I, tab. 54, which is the North American bird. 
The name of M. calidris, at any rate, takes precedence of olivacea, 
as occurring in the 10th edition. 
Thirty specimens examined. 
Smith- Gniler| Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Gollected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. : 
23,325 45 o | Savannah le Mar, | Aug. 26, ’58.| Dr. Sclater. W. Osburn. 
23,324 An o | Trelawney [Jam. | June 10, 59, fe siete 
38,050 53 o¢ | Spanishtown, Jam. | May, 1865. | W. Thos. March. 
38,048 53 2 “ oe “ce ita 
87,584 me o | Metcalfe Parish, ‘* | April 2. Prof. G. N. Allen. 
40,072 40 -. | Jeremie, Hayti. ele Prof. Agassiz. 
5 ae oe & ane “ 
39,349 KC -- | Porto Rico, N. side. see Geo warimersy- 9) py 9) steers 
SOVFR Oi limim alos “ oP Citas enka tice a 
39,351 ae ci eS Ae IS Witt: Oe te onl eerie 
ne ae ce Sombrero Island. April 19,’64.| Cab. Lawrence. A. A, Julien. 
as 142 oe sf April 1, ’64. os Or 
cs <5 .. | St Thomas. ee me [OR aa et 
ws 40 -. | St. Croix. 1858. Cab. A.& E.New-|  ...... 
( -) Type of V. atripennis. (40,072.) From alcohol. 
Vireosylvia barbatula. 
Phyllomanes barbatulus, Can. Jour. III, 1855, 467 (Cuba).—Gunp1acu, 
Cab. Jour. 1861, 324 (Cuba).—Ib. Repertorio, Cuba, 1865. 
Vireo altiloquus, GAmBet, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1848, 127 (Florida).—Barrp, 
Birds N. Am. 1858, 354 (Florida). 
