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each, a little subdivided below; in No. 40,071 divided on outer side into two 
plates in right leg, not divided in left. Lateral toes nearly equal; the outer 
_ Dulus dominicus, Strickt. (Hayti.) 
claw reaching to base of middle claw. The basal joints of claws short; the 
basal joint of middle claw adherent for two-thirds its length to basal joint 
of outer, and for same distance to about half basal joint of inner; the adhesion 
less than in Vireo. 
In the preceding description I have combined the characters of 
the genus and the subfamily, as Dulus is thus far the only known 
member of the Duline. The form is a very peculiar one, and its 
precise systematic position is a matter of much uncertainty. It has 
been placed by Dr. Sclater among the Vireonidxe; but from them 
it differs in the longer basal phalanx of middle toe; less amount of 
adhesion of the anterior toes; shorter tarsi; much broader and 
more deeply cleft gape; less extension forward, more backward 
direction, and softer texture of frontal feathers (the tips of which do 
not run into bristles) ; fewer bristles about the mouth; the broader 
and more exposed nostrils, ete. The tip of outer claw reaches only to 
base of middle claw, instead of nearly to the middle as in Vireonide. 
The genus was assigned by H. E. Strickland to the Ampelidez, and 
the majority of its characters seem to indicate a place intermediate 
in some respects between Ampelis and Péilogonys, and I there leave 
it for the present. The longitudinal streaks of the under parts, 
although more conspicuous, are somewhat like those of the young 
A. cedrorum, and strengthens the propriety of associating the two. 
None of the true Vireonide, either as adults or young, as far as 
known, are at all streaked or spotted. 
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