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Second primary about equal to sixth, or long<>r . gilra. 

 Second primary about equal to seveutb. Bill 



much depressed ...... swainsoni. 



Spurious primary longer, rather nacre than one-third 

 the second quill. Cap brown. Back olive. Chin 

 rnd throat white ; rest of under parts sulphur 



yvjllow. 



Second primary about equal to seventh 



josephm. 



TireosylTia calidriSt 



fMotacilla calidris, LiNN. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 184; 12th ed. I, 

 17<j(>, 32i) (based on Edwards, tab. 121, fig. 2 (Jamaica). — Vtreo- 

 aylvia calidris, Baird. 



f Mtiscicapa oliracea, Linn. S. N. I, 1766, 327 {Muscicapa olivacea, Erv 

 WARDS, tab. 253, Jamaica). 



f Vireo virens, Bodd. Tabl. PI. enl. 1782 (based on PI. enl. 275, fig.'l, 

 Merle de St. Domingue). 



P Turdm hispanioleusis, Gm. Syst. Nat I, 1788, 822 (based on Merula 

 olivacta dominiceiisls, Brisson, II, 29(;, St. Domingo). 



Muscicapa alliloqna, Vikill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 67, pi. 31 (St. Do- 

 mingo). — Vireo (dtiloqun, Gray, Genera. — Sall(5, P. Z. S. 1857, 

 231 (St. Domingo).— March, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1863, 2!)4 (Jamaica ; 

 eggs). — Vireosylvia altiloqiia, Bon. Consp. 1850, 330. — A. & E. New- 

 ion, Ibis, 1859, 149 .( -anta Cruz; eggs). — Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. 

 VIII, 1864, 99 (Sombrero;.— ??ScLATER & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1864, 

 348 (Isthmus Panama!).— Casbin, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1860, 375 (St. 

 Thomas).— Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, 72 (.Jamaica).— In. Catal. 1861, 

 43, no. 262. " • 



Vireo longirostris, SwAtNSOJf, F. B. A. II, 1831, 237 (Jamaica). 



Phi/llomiines myslacidis, Cab. Wieg. Arch. 1847 ; Orn. Not. II, 348 (West 

 Indies). 



T7rco.s'^/rirt oliracea, Gospe, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 194. 



Vireosylvia atripennis, Lawrence, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1863, 106 (Sombrero). 



Huh. Jamaica, St. Domingo, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Santa Cruz, and 

 Sombrero. 



(No. 23,324, % .) Second and 3d quills equal, then 4th, the 1st intermediate 

 lirtween 4tli and 5tli, but nearer the former. 



Top of head dull ash color, the rest 3f upper parts olive green (also tinging 

 the nah of head), washed very slightly with brownish; pure olivaceous only 

 towards rump, and on the edges of quills and tail feathers ; the outer edges 

 of greater secondary wing coverts more yellowish. Beneath white, tinged 

 with greenish-yellow, the sides olivaceous, with a decided tinge of the same 

 acrojs the breast ; the crissum, axillars, and edges of the inner wing coverts 

 greeiiish-yeilow. Inner edges of the primary quills nearly white, of the 

 secondaries and of the tail feathers olivaceous-yellowisli. 



A broad pale stripe from nostrils over the eye to nape, anteriorly tinged 

 strongly with buff; a du^ky stripe from commissure through the eye, and a 





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