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VIREO. 



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This species is closely related to V. gundlachi in size, form, and 

 general appearance ; but differs in the much stouter, darker bill, 

 larger k'gs ; the wings longer than the tail, instead of shorter ; the 

 second quill equal to secondaries, instead of much shorter. The 

 olive of back is grayish, not plumbeous ; the under par<s duller yel- 

 low, and the two conspicuous wing bands and broad edging of inner 

 secondaries are reduced to a minimum. The much brighter olive 

 green edging of quills and tail-feathers are inconspicuous in 

 gundlachi. 



In color of bill and general appearance of upper parts and fore- 

 head there is quite a resemblance to V. noveboracensis ; the larger 

 bill and prevailing yellow of under parts readily distinguish it. It 

 also in color is somewhat like V. modeatus ; but the bill is very 

 much larger, the upper parts duller olive, the frontal yellow 

 brighter, etc. 



YiREONELLA, Balrd. 

 Tireo gnndlaclii. ■ ..i» 



Viren gundlachi, Lembeye, Avea de la Cuba, 1850, 29, pi. v, fig. 1 (Cien- 

 fuegos, Cuba). — Cab. Jour. 111,468. 

 Hub. Cuba. 



(No. 13058, '5 .) Upper parts of an olivaceous-plumbeous ; the under, with 

 the loral region, and a circ' • around the eye (the latter brighter) dull yellow, 

 as in V. philadelpHca. 

 Sides tiuged with oli- 

 vaceous. Tiiere are two 

 narrow, very inconspicu- 

 ous pale bands on the 

 wing. Tlie tail- and wing- 

 feathers are brown, edged 

 witli tiie color of the back 

 (without any whitish), 

 the outer edge of the 

 cuter tail feather not 



r^ler than in the others. Quills edged internally with white. 

 horn color above, a little lighter beneath. Legs plumbeous. 



Wings extremely short and much rounded, nearly a quarter of an inch 

 fhorter than the tail ; tut primary large, and more than half the 2d, which is 

 luuch shorter (.2(1 of an inch) than any of the secondaries, and .40 of an inch 

 24 May, 1866. 



Vire.o fftmdlachi, Lkmh. (Cuba.) 



130SS 



Bill pale 



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