LALETES. 383 
rather large and oval, anterior, with membrane above and behind. Frontal 
feathers directed slightly forward, with few bristles. Sides of upper bill with 
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Laletes osburnti, ScLATER. (Jamaica.) 
slight furrows parallel to culmen. Legs large; the feet stouter, the claws 
longer than in Vireo. The hind toe is especially more developed; the com- 
parative length of lateral toes, however, and their adhesion, much as in Vireo. 
This genus somewhat resembles Cyclorhis in the deep bill, but 
differs in weaker claws, the inner lateral one not reaching beyond the 
base of the middle. The much higher and more compressed bill, 
with its longitudinal furrows; the larger toes, the hinder one much 
longer in proportion, separate it from Viréo. It forms a connecting 
link between the Vireos and Cyclorhis. 
Laletes osburnii. 
Laletes osburnti, Scuater, P. Z. §. 1861, 72. (Jamaica.) 
Olive Chatterer. (Jamaica.) 
Hab. Jamaica. 
(No. 23,326, %.) Wings rather pointed, longer than the nearly even tail. 
First quill about half 2d, which is not quite equal to the secondaries ; 4th and 
5th quills longest. 
Above olive green, brightest on rump; head above and on sides tinged with 
ashy. Beneath yellow; breast, flanks, and crissum more olivaceous, throat 
paler; inside of wings and inner edges of quills creamy white, as are the 
loral feathers at their base. Concealed portion of quills fuscous brown, of tail 
feathers more olive. Bill blackish; tomia and tip paler; legs flesh color? 
(No. 23,326, 4.) Total length, 5.40; wing, 2.80; tail, 2.65; difference of 
10th and longest quills, .42; exposed portion of 1st primary, .85, of 2d, 1.65, 
of longest (5th) (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 2.20; length 
of bill from forehead, .66, from nostril, .36, along gape, .73, depth, .23; tarsus, 
-83 ; middle toe and claw, .68, claw alone, .24; hind toe and claw, .56; claw 
alone, .26. 
