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appreciable difference there from V. calidris, of Jamaica and St. 

 Croix. The wing formula differs slightly in being 3. 2. 4. 5. 1. ; the 

 outer quill being a little shorter than the fifth. A second specimen 

 from Sombrero is undistinguishable in coloration from Jamaican 

 skins, and has the 1st quill intermediate between the fourth and fifth. 



In the absence of a larger number of specimens I cannot say what 

 are the exact relationships of the St. Croix and St. Thomas birds 

 to the Jamaican. The two before me I cannot in any way distinguish 

 from some Jamaican skins, among which there is some variation. 

 Specimens from Porto Rico and St. Domingo are also similar in 

 general features. There is considerable variation in the size of bill 

 in specimens from the same locality. 



There can be little question that the figure of Edwards, upon 

 which the name of Linnaeus is based, refers to the Jamaican long-billed 

 Vireo, although he does not satisfactorily express the color of the 

 under parts. I have, therefore, restored calidris as the specific name. 



The Muscicapa olivacea, of Linnseus, which has usually been con- 

 sidered to refer to the North American red-eyed Vireo, is based on 

 pi. 253 of Edwards' Gleanings, which is unquestionably the Jamaican 

 Vireo now under discussion. Linnaeus, however, associates with it 

 the figure of Catesby, I, tab. 54, which is the North American bird. 

 The name of M. calidris, at any rate, takes precedence of olivacea, 

 as occurring in the 10th edition. 



Thirty specimens examined. 



( .) Type of V. airipennis. (40,072.) From alcohol. 



Vireosylvia Ijarljatula. 



Phyllomanes barbatulus, Cab. Jour. Ill, 1855, 467 (Cuba). — Gundlach, 

 Cab. Jour. 1861, 324 (Cuba).— Ib. Repertorio, Cuba, 1865. 



Vireo altiloquus, GrAMBEL, Pr. A. N. So. 1848, 127 (Florida). — Baikd, 

 Birds N. Am. 1858, 364 (Florida). 



