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with buff; feathers anterior to and beneath eye grayish (with black 

 shafts) , not prominently marked with black. " Iris brownish yellow." 



Measurements of the type. — Length (in the flesh) , 448 ; wing, 297 ; 

 tail, 218; tarsus, 12; culmen, 25 mm. 



Remarks. — Only one specimen was obtained, but Dr. Abbott saw 

 a mounted bird in a store at the Santo Domingo end of the island. 

 The individual collected was " caught alive while sleeping." An 

 analysis of its stomach contents, furnished by Mr. A. Wetmore, 

 shows 83 per cent of moth remains, and 17 per cent other insects and 

 locustid eggs. 



VIREO CRASSIROSTRIS TORTUGJE, new subspecies 



Type specimen. — Adult male. Cat. No. 250495, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; 

 Tortuga Island, Haiti, Jan. 31, 1917, Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Characters.- — Similar to Vireo crassirostris crassirostris, as de- 

 scribed by Ridgway,^ but differs in having the under surface (except 

 lower abdomen and crissum) tinged with maize yellow,- becoming 

 naples yellow or straw yellow on chest, sides and flanks; auricular 

 region and sides of neck pale isabella color; under wing-coverts 

 white, with a buffy tinge, more or less mingled with dusky on the 

 under primary coverts. In Vireo c. crassirostris the under surface 

 is tinged with sulphur yellow, the auricular region and sides of neck 

 are light yellowish olive, and the under wing-coverts have a tinge of 

 primrose yellow. The new form is slightly darker on the mantle, 

 and the size is a little inferior to that of the Bahaman bird. 



Measurements of the type (adult male). — Length (in the flesh), 

 134; wing, 60; tail, 51.5 ; tarsus, 20.5 ; culmen, 13 mm. 



Average measurements of eight adult males. — Length (in the 

 flesh), 131. 5; wing, 60.7; tail, 49.9; tarsus, 20.4; culmen, 12.7 mm. 



Average measurements of three adult females. — Length (in the 

 flesh), 131. 3; wing, 57.1 ; tail, 47.1 ; tarsus, 21 ; culmen, 12.5 mm. 



Average measurements of Vireo c. crassirostris? — Males : wing, 

 63.3; tail, 50.7; tarsus, 21.6; culmen, 12.6 mm. Females: wing, 

 61.2; tail, 48.8; tarsus, 21. 1 ; culmen, 12.3 mm. 



Geographical distribution, — Tortuga Island, off the northwest 

 coast of Haiti. 



Remarks. — The occurrence of a representative of the Bahaman 

 Vireo crassirostris on Tortuga Island (only 50 miles from Great 



* Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, Pt. 3, 1904, p. 189. 



^ Ridgway, Color Standards, pi. 4. 



*As given by Ridgway, Bull. U. S.,Nat. Mus., No. 50, Pt. 3, 1904, p. 189. 



