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only about .20 shorter. The feet of swainsoni are weaker, and the 
colors generally paler and grayer. ‘Iris dark brown” (Coues). 
Smith- Collec-) Sex When 
sonian  tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. | ; 
21,946 | 546 ron | Clark’s Fork, Col. | June7,’60. | A. Campbell. Dr. Keunerly. 
21,917 | 639 ws « [River. | June, ’60. m * 
6,826 aa -. | Steilacoom, W. T. mee Dr. Suckley. 
5,918 sje i ul octe Dr. Cooper. 
5,521 | 747 od | Petaluma, Cal. May, 1856. E. Samuels. 
12,891 | 2,091 .. | Napa Valley. meets A. J. Grayson. 
25,399 | 2,336 .. | Fort Tejon, Cal. Sept. 15,’57.| John Xantus. 
11,065 a Q | Fort Bridger. June 3, 758. | C. Drexler. 
11,066 fof “Tewyn,N.M.| May 26, ’58. eh [SOR a sass caete 
13,113 ae 3& | Cantonment Bur- stele Dr. WNW. Ander-i|67) § Meas 
37,006 | 594 o& | Fort Whipple, Ar. | Aug.13,’64.| Dr. E. Coues. | ...... 
40,695 |1,398 | 9 “ May 8, ’65. To aT ra (ar ye 
Vireosylvia josephe. 
Vireo josephe, ScuaterR, P. Z. S. 1859, 137, pl. 154 (Pallatanga, Ecua- 
dor).—Is. Catal. 1861, 42, no. 257. 
Hab. Ecuador to Costa Rica; Pueito Cabello. 
(No. 34,667.) First primary short, about two-fifths the 2d, which is about 
equal to the 8th or 9th; the 4th and 5th about equal and longest. (These 
proportions the same in five 
specimens. ) 
Above olive; greener and 
brighter on the rump, becom- 
ing brownish anteriorly, or 
more truly olive; the top and 
sides of head, with nape, olive 
brown. 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 the head. Cheeks tinged with olive. Chin and throat 
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 wings, 
but the greater coverts of a paler olivaceous than elsewhere. Bill dusky 
above, paler below; legs plumbeous. “Iris brown.” 
(No. 34,667, 4.) Total length, 4.70; wing, 2.70; tail, 2.20; exposed por- 
tion of lst 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. 
., Vireosylvia josephe. (Puerto Cabello.) 
Of the five specimens before me, one, No. 27,947, from Bogota, 
furnished by Mr. Sclater as a type of his species, differs in the ex- 
istence of an ochry brown tinge on the crissum, tail feathers, and 
