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there were three egus of the Vireo, and one of a Molnfhrus {ohscurus ?). The 

 I'oriner were of a hri^ht crystalline whiteness, marked with very minute and 

 hardly discernihle spots of red, and measure .611 hy .oG of an inch. The 

 egg of the Mo/of hrua, except in its much smaller size, is hardly distin- 

 guishable from those of the common M. ijccuris, and measures .75 by .oG of 

 an inch. 



In the other nest were also three eggs of the Yireo. They corresf)ond in 

 size, but are much more distinctly marked with hirger spots of a dark red 

 and reddish-brown. In this nest there is a somewhat larger proportion of 

 fine strips of inner bark, and mixed with these are also a few silky insect 

 cocoons, by means of M'hich the nest is firmly bound around the twigs from 

 which the whole is suspended. 



Vireo vicinior, Coles. 



ASIZOKA VIBEO. 



Vireo vicinior, CorES, Pr. A. X. Sc. Pliila. 18(56. — Baiud, Rev. Am. B. 361. — Ei.r.iOT, 

 Illust. Birds N. A. I, vii. — C'oupek, Oru. Cal. 1, 1870, 125. 



Sp. Ciiau. (No. 40,007 ^.) Bill stout, considerably compressed and deep. Wings 

 moderately pointed, about ctiual to tail, which is decidedly graduated ; first quill rather more 

 than half the second, -which al)OUt equals 

 ninth and the secondaries ; the fcMuth and 

 and fifth lonsrest. Tarsus considi-rablv 

 longer than middle toe and claw ; lateral 

 toes quite conspicuous for their dispropor- 

 tion, the inner claw reaching only tol>aseof 

 outer, and falling short of base of middle; 

 the terminal digit of inner toe icaching 

 only to end of second Joint of middle toe. 



Upper parts, with sides of head and 

 neck, ashy or light plimibeous, faintly oli- 

 vaceous on rump. Beneath white ; slightly 

 ashy on sides of Ijreast. Flanks and in- 

 side of wings showing a faint trace of yel- 

 low, only appreciaVde on raising the wings. 

 An obsolete line from bill to eye, and a 

 more distinct ring round the eye, white. 



No bands on the wing, except a faint edging of wliitish on the greater coverts ; the quills 

 edged internally with white. Bill and legs plumbeous. '* Iris brown. Mouth livid, 

 bluish-white." (CorES.) 



Fresh specimen : Total length, 5.(50 ; expanse of wings, 8.(10. Prepared specimen : 

 Total length, .5.10 ; wing, 2.50 : tail, 2.G0. its graduation. .22 : diflcrence of tenth and 

 longest quills, .40; exposed portion of fh-st primary, .85. of second, 1.G5. of longest (meas- 

 ured from exposed baise of first primary), 1.05; length of bill from forehead, .50. from 

 nostril, .32, along gape, .61; depth of bill. .18: tarsiis, .72; middle toe and claw, .51, 

 claw alone, .Ki; hind toe and claw, .40, claw alone, .10. 



Hab. Prescott, Arizona. 



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40C97 



Virto vicinior. 



