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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



\ud nape either bright blue 

 r deep green of the rest of 



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or lead color, 

 upper parts. 



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Common Charactrrs. — Top of ' 

 in abrupt coutrast to the 

 Bill blackish. 



A. Beneath white, with rufous pectoral band. Legs yellow. 

 Head above and nape bright blue. 



A baud above eye, and spot below it, yellow. 

 A line through hj eye, and one from 

 lower edge of lower mandible, black 

 ^ B. Beneath olivaceous or yellowish, without bauds. Throat 

 yellow. Legs dusky. 



Head above and nape bright blue. Sides of head 

 green, like back. Beneath olivaceous. 



A well marked yellow supra-ocular line and 

 " infra ocular spot . . . . ' . 

 No distinct line nor spot as above . 

 Head above and nape lead color. Sides of head with- 

 jj,-. ' out green like the back. Beneath yellowish. A 

 supra-ocular line and infra-ocular spot of yellow. 

 ,i , An ocular and a subncular blackish plumbeous 

 bar.d, with white interspace behind. Be- 

 neath yellowish 



Bides of head nearly uniform plumbeous, the 

 markings indicated above very obsolete. 



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Beneath olivaceous .... 



Tireolanius melitoptaryg* 



Vireolanius melitophrys, " Dubus MS.," BoN. Consp. 1850, 330 (Mexico). 

 — ScL. P. Z. 8. 1857, 213 ; 1859, 363.— Ib. Catal. 1861, 45, no. 271. 

 Hab. Southern Mexico and Guatemala. . ' ■ 



(No. 447.) Back and upper surface of wings and tail bright olive green; 

 head above and nape ash color ; under parts and sides of head and neck belov 



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melitophrys. 



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exwuus, 

 pulchellus. 



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ictero),. 

 chlorogaster. 



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Virtolaniua melUophrys, Dcbus. (Mexico aud Guatemala.) 



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