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there were three eggs of the Yiroo, and one of a Mohthrm (ohson-m ?) The 

 onner were of a bright crystalHno whiteness, n.urkecl w,th very uanute and 

 hauUy Oscern, hie spots of red. and n.easure .60 by M of L inch. The 

 egg ot the 1/./„M,.«„ e.xcept in its nu.cli smaller size, is hardly distin- 

 guishable ironi those of the eonnnou M j^ccoris, and measures .75 by 50 of 

 an mch. j -^^ "• 



In the other nest were also three eggs of the Vireo. They corres,.ond in 

 size, but are n.nch more distn.ctly n.arked with larger spots of a chrk red 

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

 hne strips ot nu.er bark, and mixed with these are also a lew silky inject 

 cocoons by means of MO.ich the nest is fa-mly hound around the twigs from 

 which the whole is suspended. 



Vireo vicinior, Coue.s. 



ABIZOKA VISEO. 



ry..o .w«w. roTKs, p,, a. n. s.. riui«. i8««._B.vmn, Rcv. a,,,, b. sgi. 



must. Liids >. A. I, vu.-C'u.ii.jii!, Oru. Cal. 1, 1870, 125. 



-Kl.MOT, 



Sp Chah. (No 40,09- J.) Bill stout, oonsideral.ly cou.prc.sod and deep. Wir,.s 



than hall the .second, winch about equals 

 ninth and tlie .secondaries ; the fointli and 

 mid fiah lonprest. Tarsus considciahly 

 longer than middle toe and claw ; lateral 

 toes quite conspicuous for their dispropor- 

 tion, the inner claw reaching only tobaseof 

 outer, and falling short of base of middle; 

 the terminal digit of inner too reaching 

 only to end of second joint of middle toe. 

 Upper parts, with sides of hi'ad and 

 neck, ashy or light phnnbeous, faintly oli- 

 vaceous on rmnp. Beneath white ; slightly 

 ashy on sides of breast. Flaidvs and in- 

 side of wings .showing a faint trace of yel- 

 low, only appreciable on raising the wiiigs. 

 An obsolete line from bill to eye, and'' a 

 more distinct ring round the eye, white. 

 No bands on the wing, cxcvpt aVaint edging of wintish on the greater coverts ; the qnilk 



E-:^'^:':.;'"" ^^'"-"- •"■•■■"-- "^-i— ,. Mouthiid, 



Tol^t/7"-'in^ ''"'"' ''"^""' '""' "^'"""'' "'■"'"^^' ««'^- T-repared specimen- 

 Total lengh, o 0, w.ng, 2.50: tail, •>.«.), its graduation,.'.-: diirercnce of tenth an.l 

 ongest qu.lls, .4. ; e.vpo.sed portion of fn.t pri.nary, .80, of second, l.Go. of longest (meas- 



o trd .32, along gape, .61 ; depth of bill, .IS: tar.sns, .72; middle toe and claw, .51 

 claw alone, .!(,; hmd toe and claw, .40, claw alone, .1!). 

 IIab, Prescott, Arizona. 

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