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M/.'^tJ 



VIREO, 



"Af-i}}. 



861 



coloration and form distinguish them. The measurements are as ^ 



follows : — ' 



(No. 31,893, %.) Total lengtb, 4.70; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.35; exposed por- 

 tion of Ist primary, .71, of 2d, 1.44, of longest (3d, 4th, and 5th), (niwisured 

 from exposed base of Ist primary), 1,70; length of bill from forehead, .40, 

 from nostril, .25, along gape, .55 ; tarsus, .75 ; middle toe and claw, .46, claw 

 aloue, .Iti; hind toe and claw, .38, claw alone, .18 



Localitj. 



Cape St. Lucas. 



" [tjucas. 

 Sao Jose, Cape St. 

 Sierra San Gert rude, 



Cape St. Lucas. 

 San l)\ego. 1 Cal. 

 Date Creek, .W m. S. 



of Prescott, Ariz. 



When 

 Collected. 



£6C. 18A9. 



Jan. 1861. 

 April 24,'fl2. 

 Juue 6, '6o. 



Received from 



Collected by 



Jutiu XautUH. 



" [ney. 



Prof. J. D. Whit- 

 Dr E. Coues. 



,.;:j....,«. 



Dr. J. G. Cooper. 



(16,9.17.) 4.fl5. Iris light brown. (2.3,78.'5.) 4.80. Iris rufous. (31,893 ) fl.rjQ , 7.2.1 ; 2 30. Iria 

 bronn. (40,606.) Eye biowu ; bill light ho?u, almost white beneath. Has loud and nielodloui 

 60Dj(. (Ouues.) 



Tireo vicinior. a^ ) \^:!.,Z liK^''' 



Vireo vicinior, Coues, Pr. A. N. So. Phila. 1866. ' , '" 



Hab, Prescott, Arizona. 



(No. 40,697, %.) Bill stont, considerably compressed and deep. Wings 

 moderately pointed, about equal to tail, which is decidedly graduated ; Ist 

 quill rather more than half 

 2d, which about equals 9th 

 and the secondaries ; the 4th 

 and 5th longest. Tarsus con- 

 siderably longer than middle 

 toe and claw ; lateral toes 

 quite conspicuous for their 

 disproportion, the inner claw 

 reaching only to base of outer, 

 and falling short of base of 

 middle ; the terminal digit 

 of inner toe reaching only to 

 fud of second joint of middle 

 toe. 



Upper parts, with sides of 

 head and neck, ashy or light 

 plumbeous, faintly olivaceous 

 on rump. Beneath white ; 



40097 



Vireo vtcinior, Covna. (Arizona) 



' After the completion of the present article the specimen. No. 40,696, was 

 received from Dr. E. Coues (agreeing with No. 31,893 in size), thus extend- 

 ihgthe range of the species to Arizona, as might have been anticipated. 



(No. 3],8!)3, I .) Fresh specimen : Total length, 5.50 (4.50?) ; expanse of 

 wings, 7.25 ; wing from carpal joint, 2.30. 



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