VIREO. 



369 



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

 general appearance ; but differs in the much stouter, da'rker bill, 

 larger legs ; 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 parts 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. modest,us ; but the bill is very 

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

 brighter, etc. 



ViREONELLA, Baird. 

 Tireo gundlacUi. 



Vireo gundlachi, Lembete, Aves de la Cuba, 1850, 29, pi. v, flg. 1 (Cien- 

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



Hab. Cuba. 



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

 the loral region, and a circle around the eye (the latter brighter) dull yellow, 

 as in V. philadelphica. 

 Sides tinged with oli- 

 vaceous. There are two 

 narrow, very inconspicu- 

 ous pale bands on the 

 wing. The tail- and wing- 

 featliers are brown, edged 

 with the color of the back 

 (without any whitish), 

 the outer edge of the 

 outer tail feather not 

 paler than in the others 



29632 A ^ 



Vu-to gundlachi, LliMB. (Cuba.) 



13058 



Bill pale 



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 

 shorter than the tail ; 1st primary large, and more than half the 2d, which is 

 much shorter (.20 of an inch) than any of the secondaries, and .40 of an inch 

 24 May, 1866. 



