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‘‘T have named this charming bird Carpodectes antonic, after the dear 
sister whose death I mourn.” 
2. Vireo carmioli Baird? 
A single skin of a Vireo, from Pirris, much resembles the type of 
V. carmioli, but is larger and somewhat different in coloration, the colors 
being decidedly paler. It may be described as follows: 
Adult (No. 91825, Pirris, 1882; J. Cooper): Above, dull olive-green, be- 
coming slightly more brownish on the head ; wings and tail, dusky ; both 
rows of wing-coverts broadly tipped with pale sulphur-yellow, or yellowish 
white, and tertials broadly edged with the same; secondaries, primaries, 
and rectrices, narrowly edged with light olive-green. A broad and con- 
tinuous superciliary stripe of dull sulphur-yellow, rendered more dis- 
tinct anteriorly by contrast with a dusky spot immediately in front of the 
eye; lower eyelid whitish ; sides of head otherwise olivaceous, like upper 
parts. Lower parts dull, light sulphur-yellow, much obscured laterally 
with olivaceous, the throat and crissum inclining to whitish. Maxilla, 
dusky; mandible pale, with brownish tip. Wing, 2.75; tail, 2.20; ecul- 
men, .45; tarsus, .70; middle toe, .40. 
I am abe able to cam a Satisfactory comparison of this bird with 
V. carmioli, for the reason that the National Museum possesses but a 
single adult example of the latter, the type, which, moreover, is a female. 
It measures, wing 2.50, tail 2, culmen .40, tarsus .70, middle toe .38, be- 
_ing thus smaller than the specimen described above. 
3. Phcenicothraupis carmioli Lawr. 
A second specimen of this rare species differs from the type in hav- 
ing the plumage of a duller or more sombre cast, and faintly tinted or 
stained here and there with dull red. These dull reddish stains occur 
on the pileum, back, rump, greater wing-coverts, breast, and sides. 
The specimen is, perhaps, a young male, since the bill is decidedly less 
arched than that of the type, and presents other evidences of imperfect 
development. Unfortunately, the sex and precise locality are not indi- 
cated. The two specimens compare in measurements as follows: 
aad Breadth ,ath of | De Depth | oa [Mie 
| | 
Museum No. Locality. Wing.;| Tail. | Culmen. Hilllatibasarlakibule Tarsus. eet 
. JS eee | | | 
=i = 
39039 .....-. Lo eee | Angostura. - 3. 60 | 2 2.70 | - 90 | .35 . 37 . 90 . 55 
TIES ee Lee Ree ERT kas 3.45 | 2. 50 | . 80 . 87 . 37 85 . 55 
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This species seems wrongly placed in Phenicothraupis, the propor- 
tions being quite different from those of all the species of that genus. 
Except in the form of the bill, which is much more compressed, it agrees 
better with Pyranga, while in many respects it comes very near to 
Orthogonys. Since it should probably constitute a new genus, some- 
