

VIUE08YLVIA. 



891 



appreciable difference there from V. calidris, of Jamaica ai)d St. 

 Croix. The wing formula differs slightly in being 3. 2. 4. 5. 1. ; the 

 outer quill being a little shorter thun the fifth. A second speeinica 

 from Sombrero is undistinguishable in coloration from Jamaican 

 skins, and has the 1st quiil intermediate between the fourth and fifth. 



In the absence of a larger number of specimens I cannot say what 

 are the exact relationships of the St. Croix and St. Thomas birds 

 to the Jamaican, The two before me I cannot in any way distinguish 

 from some Jamaican skins, among which there is some variation. 

 Specimens from Porto llico and St. Domingo arc also similar in 

 general features. There is considerable variation in the size of bill 

 in specimens from the same locality. 



There can be little question that the figure of Edwards, upon 

 which the naw.o of Linn^us is based, refers to the Jamaican long-billed 

 Vireo, although he does not satisfactorily express the color of the 

 under parts. I have, therefore, restored calidris as the specific name. 



The Muscicapa olivacea, of Linnaeus, which has usually been con- 

 sidered to refer to the North American red-eyed Vii'eo, is bised on 

 pi. 253 of Edwards' Gleanings, which is unquestionably the Jamaican 

 Vhro now under discussion. Linnaeus, however, associates with it 

 tlie figure of Catesby, I, tab. 54, which is the North Americi.n bird. 

 The name of M. calidris, at any rate, takes precedence of oh^civea, 

 as occurring in the 10th edition. 



Thirty specimens examined. 



Locality. 



When 



Collected. 



Received from 



Collected by 



Savaiiniili le Mar, Au^. 2(i, TiH 



Trelawuey [Jam. J line 10, '.'»9. 



Spaulxhtown, Jam. May, ISbA. 



Metcalfe Parish," April 2. 

 Juremie, Ilayti. 



Porto liico, N. side. 



Sombrero Island, 



St Tbomac. 

 St. Croix. 



Aprill9,'fl4. 

 April 1, '64. 



1838. 



l)r. Sclater. 



W. ThoH. March. 



it 



Prof. G. N. Allen. 

 Prof. Aga»aiz. 



Geo. Latimer. 



R. Swift. 



Cab. Lawrence, 



" [ton. 



Cab. A. & E. Xew- 



W. Olibiiru. 



P R. UUler, 



A. A. Jtilien. 



( ) Type of V. lUripennU. (40,072.) From alcohol. 



Tircosylvia barbatula. 



Plii/llomanes barbattitus, Cad. Jonr. Ill, 1855, 467 (Cuba). — Oumdlacb, 

 Cab, Jour. 18(jl, 324 (Cuba).— Ib. Repertorio, Cuba, 18G5. 



Vireo altiloqiim, Gambbl, Pr. A. N. So. 1848, 127 (Florida).— Baibd, 

 Birds N. Am. 1858, 354 (Florida). 





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