NEOCHLOE. 



sn 



ternally with white, the outer edges of primaries with gray. Bill rather dark 

 horn color, paler on the edges and end of lower mandible. Legs dark 

 plumbeous. 



The nostrils are circular, and in the anterior extremity of the nasal groove ; 

 the tips of frontal feathers reaching to their posterior edge, but not growing 

 up to it. The tongue is broad and fleshy, the end thin, flat, and horny ; the 

 tip quite deeply cleft ; the outer edge somewhat lacerated. (_Note from alco- 

 holic specimen.') 



(No. 37,331, %.) Total length, 5.65; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.50, graduation, 

 .25 ; difference between 10th primary and longest, .38 ; exposed portion of 

 1st primary, .90, of 2d, 1.58, of longest (6th) (measured from exposed base 

 of 1st primary), 1.94 ; length of bill from forehead, .62, from nostril, .35, along 

 gape, .71 ; tarsus, .78; middle toe and claw, .54, claw alone, .20; hind toe 

 and claw, .46, claw alone, .23. 



The type specimen of the species, kindly lent by Dr. Sclater, 

 agrees exactly with those from the Three Marias. The species is 

 quite unique in its peculiar coloration, and its discovery at the 

 Three Marias is one of the most interesting of the results of Col. 

 Grayson's important explorations in northwestern Mexico. The 

 exact locality of Dr. Sclater's bird has not been indicated. 



Smith- 

 sonian 

 No. 



CoUec- 



tor's 

 No. 



and 

 Age. 



Locality. 



When 

 CoUected. 



Received from 



CoUected by 



37,331 

 37,332 



84 

 83 



Tres Maiias, Isl. N. 

 " [W. Mex. 



Mexico. 



Jan. 1865. 



Col, A. J. Grayson. 



Cab. Dr. Sclater, 



I 



( ) In alcohol, ( .) In alcohol. ( ,) The type of species, 



NEOCHLOE, SOLATEK. 

 Neochloe, Sclatek, P. Z. S. 1857, 213. (Type N. brevipennis.) 

 Form short and thick. Head large. Wings a little longer than the tail, 

 which is considerably rounded ; wing short and broad ; the primaries not 

 much longer than se- 

 condaries ; the outer six 

 graduated ; the 1st more 

 than half the 2d, which 

 is shorter th^n the se- 

 condaries ; the 3d about 

 equal to 9th or 10th ; 

 the 6th longest. Feet 

 slender, rather long, 

 similar to Vireo. Bill 

 not differing much from 

 Vireo, but rather broad- 

 er and more depressed 

 at base. 



38163 



Ntiochloe brevipennis, Sclater, (Orizaba.) 



