VIREO. 363 
next more broadly, this color gradually changing to bright olive on the 
secondaries and tertials. Two distinct bands on the wing, and the outer 
edges of inner tertials are 
yellowish-white. The 
tail feathers are edged 
externally’ with olive 
green, the outermost 
having a narrow edge of 
whitish. Under parts 
pale yellow, palest on 
throat, and with a tinge _| Vireo modestus, Scharer. (Jamaica.) 
of buff on the belly and 
crissum. Sides of neck, breast, and flanks tinged with olive, which also 
washes the front of the breast. Under wing covers whitish, the axillars 
sulphur yellow. Bill light horn color above, whitish beneath ; legs plumbe- 
ous. Loral region light olive yellow, in slight contrast with the forehead. 
There is little or no concealed yellow on the feathers of the rump. 
The tail about the length of the wings, or a little shorter, rounded; the 
lateral feathers .16 of an inch shorter than the middle. The wing is concave; 
the primaries .35 longer than the secondaries; the lst primary rather more- 
than half the@2d, which is about as long as the secondaries; the 3d is rather 
shorter than the 7th, the 4th and 5th longest. The bill is compressed; the 
tarsus is rather more than one and one-third the length of middle toe and claw. 
(No. 22,143, 4.) Total length, 4.75; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.21; difference be- 
tween 10th and longest quills, .34; exposed portion of first primary, .78, of 
2d, 1.41, of longest (4th and 5th), (measured from exposed base of Ist pri- 
mary), 1.75; length of bill from forehead, .50, from nostril, .26, along gape, 
-60; tarsus, .75 ; middle toe and claw, .55, claw alone, .17; hind toe and claw, 
-41, claw alone, .20. 
The specimen described above agrees very well with the descrip- 
tion and figure of Dr. Sclater. Four others are all smaller, one of 
them (received from Dr. Sclater), No. 23,323, more olivaceous be- 
neath, brighter green above; another, No. 22,159, grayer above, 
belly without buff tinge, and the whitish edging of lateral tail feather 
wanting. In these differences, however, there is hardly enough to 
warrant a separation into two species. 
This species is readily distinguished from V. gundlachi by the 
smaller size, longer wings, more olive back, less clearly defined yel- 
low belly, and in having light markings on the wings and tail. V. 
bahamensis is larger, the bill much larger, the tail proportionally 
shorter; the third quill but little shorter than the fourth. Vireo 
noveboracensis has much longer wings, a white throat and belly, 
and yellow front. Its nearest relative is V. huttont?. This, how- 
ever, has a smaller bill, longer wings, even tail with brighter olive 
edging ; the lower back and rump considerably brighter than the 
