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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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back tinged with brown, and a wash of olive 

 across the breast ..... calidris. 



Baperoiliary stripe and cheek gravish-white,with- 

 ont any baff. Breast and chiu quite pure 

 vhita. Olive of back clear and pure ; tlie 

 ash of head well defined, and with little or 

 no t nge of olive ..... barbatula. 



Cap distinctly ashy, in decided contrast with the olive 

 back. No stripe on each side the chin. 



Outer quill about equal to, or very little shorter 

 than the fourth. Second longest. Wing 

 three inches long. 



Dusky edge of ashy cap very distinct. 

 ••,. • Sides but slightly olivaceous. Cris- 



Bum and axillars faiutly yellowish. 

 ,,, , Inner edge of quills white. Concealed 



portion of tail feathers wood brown. 

 Bill and feet pale brown . . . olivacea. 

 Onter quill about midway between fourth and , 



fifth. Second usually longest. Wing three 

 inches long. 

 Dusky edge of cap and whitish super- 

 ciliary line indistinct. Sides from 

 neck broadly olive yellow. Crissum 

 t.nd axillars deep sulphur yellow. 

 ... .,..■, „ . Concealed portion of tail fe.ithers , 



olive green. Inner edge of quills 



yellowish Jtavoviridit, 



Outer quill shorter than fifth, midway between 

 ... fifth and sixth. Third quill longest. Wing 



not exceeding 2.80 inches. Dusky edge of ' 

 cap very distinct. Concealed portion of tail 

 ,,, feathers olive green. 



Sides broadly olivaceous. Crifisura and 

 'i^ axillars sulphur yellow, less than in ■ ,1' 



Jlaroviridis. Length about 5.50. Wing ; ■ , 



2.80 agilis. 



Color of sides and crissum less intense. 



Size much smaller. Length 5.00. 



Wing 2.50. Tail feathers narrow . chivi. 



Bill short, weak ; gape more than twice the distance from 



nostril to end of bill. With spurious primary, except in 



philadelphinus. Cap not edged with di^sky. 



No spurious primary. Cap ashy. Back olive. Under 

 parts sulphur yellow, paler on chin and abdomen. 



Second primary rather shorter than the sixth . philaJelpMca, 

 A short spurious primary, less than one-third the second 

 quill. Beneath white. Cap ashy. Back olivace- 

 ous ash. 



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