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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



'V, 



ill 



11 



I 



Locality. 



MazatlHQ, Mex. 

 San Jone, Gimt. 

 Sakluk, I'eti'ii, Glial 

 Hertda, Yucatau. 



When 

 Collected, 



June 10, '62. 

 Jan. 18fi3. 

 Api'il, 1862. 

 April 14, '65. 



I 



Received from 



Col. A. J. GrayHOQ 

 O. Salvia. 



Gov. Salazar. 



Collected by 



Dr. A. Schott. 



13908 



Vireo eras«ir(mtrit, B..ta.nt, (Bahamsa.) 



(427.) The type of V. nchnictim. (420 ) Tlie type of V. irmifiuvu*. (39,278.) Most like 

 No. 428. 



Vireo crassirostris. 



Lunirireo cr. Bkyamt, Pr. Bost. Soo. N. H. VII, 1859 (Bahamas). 

 Hab. Bahamas. 



(No. 13,508.) Upper parts grayish-olive, thw edges of qnillfl and tail- 

 ft^atliers bi'iglit*r olive green. Beneath pale yellowish, spoiled slightly \vith 



ashy ; brightest on 

 sides and crissura, 

 paler on middle of 

 belly ; flanks ting- 

 ed with olivaceons; 

 quills edged inter- 

 nally with white. 

 Two well - marked 

 bands on wings, and 

 broad outer edgea 

 of inner secondaries 

 yellowish-white. A yellow band from nostril (meeting its fellow) to the eye, 

 and a narrow yellow ring around it. Bill dark plumbeous horn color, ligliter 

 along edges. Feet dark plumbeous. 



Wings longer than the tail (2.40 to 2.10). The 1st or spurious priraa'y 

 more than half the length of the 2d, which is shorter than the 9th primary, 

 and about equal to the secondaries (not shorter, as in V. gnndlachi) ; the 4th, 

 6th, and 6th quills are longest, their tips reaching about .30 beyond the 

 secondaries. Tail slightly rounded, the feathers narrow and pointed. The 

 tarsi are long and stout (.85 of an inch), and measure one and a lialf time.s 

 as much as the middle toe and claw, ''"he bill is unusually stout and large, 

 and the feet well developed. 



(No. 13,508.) Total length, 4.55 ; wing, 2.40 ; tail, 2,15 ; difference between 

 10th quill and longest, .30 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, .77, of 2d, 1.33, 

 of longest, 4th and 5th ^measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.66; 

 length of bill from forehead, .58, from nostril, .35, along gape, .70 ; dej-th, .19; 

 tarsus, .85 ; middle toe and claw, .54, claw alone, .20 ; hind toe and claw, .50, 

 claw alone, .24. 



In some specimens the yellow o'l the forehead is much obscured. 

 The anterior corner of the eye is dusky. The cheeks are tiiigod 

 with olive green. The yellow of under parts is not uniform and con- 

 tinuous. The type of the species is not so bright in its colore as 

 specimens received subsequently from Nassau. 



