364 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART I. 
head and interseapular region. The first primary is barely half, or 
not half the second, instead of more than half as in modestus. 
Notrre.—The point of upper mandible, as seen from above, is not 
sufficiently acute in the figure. 
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Smith-' Collec-| Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. | No. |Age. ; i 
23,323 23 Q | Trelawney, Jam. Oct. 17, 758. Dr. Sclater, W. Osburn. 
22,143 =6 ¢ | Spanishtown, Jam. a i W.T March: Uiieye rere 
22,159 Sc ee * oe. Sill! Garek Whe ase 
24,370 52 g se Nov. 6,61. eC or lh 2 tetra ena 
21,371 52 fof s + SO Wa aaa eres 
(23,323.) A type. 
Vireo latimeri. 
Vireo latimeri, Baird, 0. sp. 
Hab. Porto Rico. 
(No. 39,347.) Upper parts olivaceous ; brightest and greenest on lower back 
and rump, passing anteriorly into almost clear gray on the had, the inter- 
scapular region soiled with 
reddish olive. No light bands 
nor edging of the wings, ex- 
cepting the olive green borders 
of the quills, becoming paler 
towards the edge of the wing. 
Chin and throat, with a line 
from bill to eye, and eyelids, 
white. Sides of head gray. 
Breast and remaining under 
parts yellow, palest centrally, 
tinged with greenish on sides. Inside of wings pale yellowish, inner edges 
of quills tinged with the same. Bill light -horn color, paler below; legs 
plumbeous. “Iris hazel.”’ 
Wings short, though longer than tail, concave, much rounded—the differ- 
ence between the 10th and longest primary being but .23 of an inch. First 
quill much more than half 2d, about half 3d, which is shorter than 7th; 
4th and 5th about equal and longest. Tail short, nearly even. 
(No. 39,347.) Total length, 4.80; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.90; difference between 
10th and longest quills, .24; exposed portion of 1st primary, .76, of 2d, 1.35, 
of longest (4th and 5th), (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.68 ; 
length of bill from forehead, .55, from nostril, .32, along gape, .64; tarsus, 
-75; middle toe and claw, .55, claw alone, .16; hind toe and claw, .45, claw 
Vireo latimeri, Batrp, (Porto Rico.) 
alone, .20. 
This species, in its gray head and neck in contrast to the yellowish 
of under parts, is quite different from any other excepting V. josephe. 
The wings, however, are much shorter, and differently proportioned ; 
