BIEDS OV NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 529 



Pekez, rroc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 188(), 142 (Huehuetlan, Pueblii; Jalapa, 

 Vera Cruz).— CoEV, Auk, v, ISSS, 158 (Grenada); Birda W. I., 1889, 290 

 (Grenada). 



]'.lolatmia'\ jiimrliui C.vuanis, Mus. lieiu., i, 1851, 147, part (Venezuela). 



[TVA/^/yi/d] ,i"C<"'''"o ScLATER and Salvix, Xom. Av. Xeotr., 1871!; 29, part. 



Volalinia jacarini Shaepb, Cat. Birds Brit. Mua., xii, 152, part (localities and 

 references pertaining to Guiana, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, and north 

 to Belize, British Honduras; Izamal, Yucatan; Presidio, near Mazatlan) . — 

 S.vLVADORi and Festa, Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xv, 1899, 25 (Valle del 

 Chota, centr. Ecuador; ^'incen and Balzar, w. Ecuador; references). 



Genus EUETHEIA Reichenbach. 



Eiielheki Rerhenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., June 1, 1850, pi. 79. (Type, Frliii/illK 

 h'pUld Linnwua, = Eiiib(;rtzi( tAimnui Linnttms. ) (See Stejneger, Auk, ii, 

 1885, 48. ) 



Euethia (emendation) Caisanis, Mus. Hein., i, June, 1851, 146. 



Phonipurd Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, July 30, 1850, 494. (Type, Lnxlii. riniora 

 Gmelin.) 



Veiy small Fringillidee (wing less than 63.50) with tail much shorter 

 than rather rounded wing (about thi-ee-fourths to four-fifths us long), 

 not emarginate; bill rather small, conical and acute, with straight, 

 or nearh' straight, outlines; tarsus about two-iifths as long as tail and 

 about equal to or slightly exceeding middle toe with claw; plumage 

 unstreaked (even in young), plain dusky or olive, or, in some species, 

 marked with 3'ellow about the head. 



Bill small, conical (depth of base about equal to length of maxilla 

 from nostril), acute, much compressed, with nearlj^ straight outlines; 

 culmen (from concealed base) about half as long as tarsus or a little 

 more, straight, arched at base, faintlj^ con\'ex throughout, or interme- 

 diate; gonys straight, about equal to basal width of maxilla or a little 

 less, decidedly less than length of maxilla from nostril; maxillary 

 tomium nearly straight, but \'erj^ faintly convex in middle, the basal 

 portion strongly and abruptlj^ deflected; mandibular tomium straight 

 or faintly convex to the subbasal angle, or faintly concave just before 

 the latter. Nostril small, roimdish, or longitudinally oval. Rictal 

 bristles scarcely obvious. Wing rather short (a little more than three 

 to three and a third times as long as tarsus), rounded (ninth primary 

 shorter than fifth); primaries exceeding secondaries by not more than 

 length of exposed culmen. Tail three-fourths to nearly four-fifths as 

 long as wing, nearly even, very slightly rounded, or double-rounded, 

 the rectrices rounded at tips. Tarsus about two-fifths as long as tail 

 or a little more, its scutella fairlj' distinct; middle toe with claw equal 

 to or slightly shorter than tarsus; lateral claws falling decidedly short 

 of base of middle claw; hallux about as long as inner toe, its claw 

 decidedly shorter than the digit. 



Coloration. — Adult males chiefly plain black and olive, with or with- 

 out yellow patches on head; adult females similar but with less black 

 and yellow, or none; young not streaked. 



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