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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 





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head and interscapular region. The first primary is barely lialf, or 

 not half the sccuud, instead of more than half as in modedun. 



Note. — The point of upper mandible, as seen from above, is not 

 sufficiently acute in the figure. 



Sinitli- Collec- 



Sex 

 aud 

 Abo. 



V 



Locality. 



Trelnwtiey, Jam. 

 Spaui^litowu, Jam. 



When 

 Collecied, 



Received from 



Oct. 17, '38. 

 Nov.' tj", '61. 



Dr. Sclator. 

 W. T. March. 



Collected hj 



W. Osburu. 



Vtreo IcUimtri, Baibd. (Porto Rico.) 



(23,323.) A type. 



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Tlreo latimeri. 



Vireo latimeri, Baibd, n. sp. ' . ' ■ ' 



Ilab, Porto Rico. 



(No. 39,347.) Upper parts olivaceoua ; brightest and greenest on lower back 

 aud rump, passing anteriorly into almost clear gray on the head, the inter- 



scapular region soiled with 

 reddish olive. No light bands 

 nor edging of the wings, ex- 

 cepting the olive green borders 

 of the quills, becoming paler 

 towards the ediie of the wing. 

 Chin and throat, with a line 

 from bill to eye, and eyelids, 

 white. Rides of head gray. 

 Breast and remaining under 

 parts yellow, palest centrally, 

 tinged with greenish on sides. -Inside of wings pale yellowish, inner edges 

 of quills tinged with the &ame. Bill light horn coliyr, paler below ; legs 

 plumbeous. "Iris hazel." 



Wings short, though longer than tail, concave, much rounded — the differ- 

 ence between the 10th and longest primary being but .23 of an inch. Firj^t 

 quill much more than half 2d, about half 3d, which is shorter than 7tli; 

 4th and 5th about equal and longest. Tail short, nearly even. 



(No. 39,347.) Total length, 4.80 ; wing, 2.20 ; tail, 1.90 ; di<rerence between 

 10th and longest quills, .24; exposed portion of Ist prima:y, .7(5, of 2d, l.''fi. 

 of longest (4th aud 5th), (measured from exposed base of 1st prinary), l.liS; 

 length of bill from forehead, .55, from nostril, .32, along gapo, .64; tarsns, 

 .75 ; middle toe and claw, .55, ciaw alone, .10 ; hind toe and claw, .45, claw 

 alone, .20. 



This species, in its gray head and neck in contrast to the yellowish 

 of under parts, i.:; quite different from any other excepting VJoxephir. 

 The wings, however, are much shorter, and diiferently proportioned; 



