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RiiOADS 0)1 Vireo huttoni insularis. 



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THE VIREO HUTTONI GROUP, WITH DESCRIP- 

 TION OF A NEW RACE FROM VANCOUVER 

 ISLAND. 



BY SAMUEL N. RIIOADS. 



In 'The Auk' for January, 1893, I referred to the specimens of 

 Vireo huttoni taken on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, as 

 follows: "Vireo huttoni obscurus. Anthony's Vireo. This 

 may be considered a rather rare visitor on Vancouver Island. I 

 secured one near Victoria. This specimen, also two secured on 

 the same spot by Mr. Maynard in 1891, and which I had the 

 privilege of examining, belong to the strongly characterized race 

 of Vireo huttoni proposed by Mr. A. W. Anthony in 1890. ,n 

 Since the publication of this I have had frequent corre- 

 spondence with Mr. Anthony regarding the real status of his 

 V. //. obscurus and have received the skins upon which his 

 original description is based. These skins differ so essentially 

 from the Vancouver Island birds, and so slightly from typical 

 huttoni then available for comparison, that it was decided to 

 make a more thorough examination. Through the kind offices 

 of Messrs. Ridgway and Allen, on behalf of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and the American Museum of Natural History, and 

 by the courtesy of Mr. William Brewster, I have been able to 

 examine in all a series of 81 skins of the Vireo huttoni group. 

 The whole series may be listed as follows : — 



Vireo huttoni Cass. 



1 Zoe, Dec. 1890, p. 307. 



