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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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less tlian the longest quill. The 4th quill is longest ; the Eth and 6th scarcely 

 shorter ; the 7tli, 8th, and 9th decreasing gradually ; the 3d about intermedi. 

 ate between 7th and 8th. The primaries in the closed wing are scarcely 

 more than .20 of an inch longer than the secondaries. Tail slightly rounded, 

 the feathers narrow and somewhat pointed, the lateral about .15 of an inch 

 shorter than the central. The bill is much compressed, being considerably 

 higher than broad, though not dissimilar in shape to that of V. Jlavifrons. 

 The feet are large ; the tarsi long, about one and a third times the length of 

 middle toe and claw. 



(No. 13,058, % . ) Total length, 4.80 ; wing, 2.10 ; tail, 2.20 ; difference between 

 10th primary and longest, .20 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, .75, of 2d, 1.25, 

 of longest (4th) (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.64; length 

 of bill from forehead, .59, from nostril, .30, along gape, .65, depth, .17 ; tarsus, 

 .79 ; middle toe and claw, .58, claw alone, .20 ; hind toe and claw, .48, claw 

 alone, .23. 



Another specimen (No. 29,632) : Wing, 2.26 ; tail, 2.45 ; exposed portion 

 of 1st primary, .66, of 2d, 1.30, of longest, .1.74. 



A second specimen (No. 29,632) has the wings and tail longer, 

 2.26 and 2.48 ; the first quill is only half the second, which, how- 

 ever, like the others, is much shorter than the secondaries. 



Smith- CoUec- 



souiaE tor's 



Ko. I No. 



and 

 Age. 



Locality. 



When 

 Collected. 



Received from 



CoHected hy 



13,063 

 29'632 



162 



Cuha. 



Fermina, W. Cuba. 



G. N. Lawrence. 

 Cab. Lawrence. 

 Chas. Wright. 



Tireo hypocliryseus. 



Vireo hypochryseus, ScLATEK, P. Z. S. 1862, 369, pi. 46 (Mexico). 

 Sab. Tres Marias Islands, N. W. coast of Mexico. 



(No. 37,331, % .) Wings short, rounded, about equal to tail: much gradu- 

 ated ; 1st quill more than half 2d, which about equals the 10th ; the 6tli quill 



longest ; the 5th and 

 4th but little short- 

 er. Tail considerably 

 rounded (in one spe- 

 cimen the lateral 

 feather .38 shorter 

 than middle). Bill 

 stout. Legs rather 

 weak, the claws fall- 

 ing far short of end 

 of tail. 

 Whole upper parts, with sides of neck, bright yellowish-green, without 

 light bands or edgings ; beneath deep yellow, tinged with olive on sides and 

 perhaps on breast. A broad line from bill over the eye to nape, and eyelids, 

 bright yellow ; the cheeks below the eye more olivaceous ; quills edged in- 



Yireo hypochryseus, ScLArEK. (Tros Marias.) 



