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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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only about .20 shorter. The feet of swainsoni are weaker, and the 

 colors generally paler and grayer. " Iris dark brown" (Coues). 



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TireosylTia josephae. 



Vireo josephas, Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1859, 137, pi . 154 (Pallatanga, ."ilcua- 

 > ' - dor).— Ib. Catal. 1861, 42, no. 257. 



Hab, Ecuador to Costa Rica ; Pueito Cabello. 



(No. .34,667.) First primary short, about two-fifths the 2d, which is about 

 equal to the 8th or 9th ; the 4th and 6ih about equal and longesst. (Tliese 



proportions the same iu five 

 specimens.) 



Above olive ; greener and 

 brighter on the rump, becom- 

 ing brownish anteriorly, or 

 more truly olive ; the top and 

 sides of head, with nape, olive 

 brown. A broad stripe from 

 nostrils over and beyond eye 

 to nape, and a patch beneath 

 it and eyelids quite pure 

 ■ white, leaving the lores and a 



post-ocular stripe like tha head. Cheeks tinged with olive. Chin and throat 

 whitish ; rest of under parts yellow, deepest on sides and crissum. Sides of 

 breast tinged with brownish-olive. Quills and tail feathers brown, edged ex- 

 ternally with olive green, internally with pale yellow. No bands on the wings, 

 but the greater coverts of a paler olivaceous than elsewhere. Bill dusky 

 above, paler below ; legs plumbeous. " Iris brown." 



(No. 34,667, %.) Total length, 4.70; wing, 2.70; tail, 2.20; exposed por- 

 tion of 1st primary, .65, of 2d, 1.75, of longest (5th) (measured from exposed 

 base of 1st primary), 2.18; length of bill from forehead, .56, from nostril, .32, 

 along gape, .71 ; tarsus, .b7 ; middle toe and claw, .51 ; hind toe and claw, .38. 



Of the five specimens before me, one. No. 27,947, from Bopota, 

 furnished by Mr. Sclater as a type of his species, differs in the ex- 

 istence of an ochry brown tinge on the crissum, tail feathers, aud 



Vireoaylvia Josephce. (Puerto Cabello.) 



