Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 1 87 



THE BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES, INCLUDING 



THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND, 



THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING 



THE ISLANDS OF TOBAGO 



AND TRINIDAD. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



\_Contlniied from p. S9-\ 



Family VIREONID^^. 

 Gexus Vireo Vieill. 



Vireo ViEiLLOT, Ois. Am. Sept; I, p. ^t^ (1S07). 



Vireo modestus Scl. 



Vireo noveboracensis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 192 (1847). 



Vireo modestus ScL. P. Z. S. i860, p. 462. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 

 194. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294. — Baird, Rev. 

 Am. Bds. p. 362 (186,4). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 12 

 (1873)- — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881). — 

 Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VIII, p. 303 (1883).— Cory, List Bds. 

 W. I. p. 10 (1885). 



Vireonelln modestus Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 382 (1S69). 



Sp. Qyikr. Male: — Upper plumage dull olive green; throat pale; bellv 

 dull yellowish brown ; primaries and secondaries brown, edged with 

 dull greenish on the outer webs; coverts edged with dull yellowish 

 white, forming an imperfect wing-band ; tail-feathers narrowlv edged 

 with olive green. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 4.50: wing. 2.40; tail, 2; tarsus, .65. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Vireo latimeri Baird. 



Vireo latimeri Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 364 (1S64). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. X, p. 252 (1866).— Scl. & Salv. Nom Avium Neotr. 



p. 12 (1873).— GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat VII. p. 135 (1878) ; 



lb. J. f. O. 1878, p. 15S.— Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VIII, p. 304 



(1883).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 10 (1885). 

 Vireonclla latimeri Gray. Handl. Bds. I, p. 3S2 (1869). 



