VIEEO. 191 



b". Pileus immarginatus. 



4. Vireo magister. 



Vireosylvia magister, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 20' (ex Baird, MS.) ; Baird^ Brew. & Ridgw. 

 N. Am. B. i. p. 359'. 



Major ; supra fuliginoso-olivaceus, dorso postico magis virescente, pileo liaud cinereo tincto, superciliis sordide 

 albis ; subtus similis, sed pallidior medialiter albescens, crisso et subalaribus vix flavo tinctis ; remigibus 

 intus albis. Long, alee 3-05, caudse 2-25, rostri a rictu -85. (Descr. maris ex Belize. Mus. Smiths, 

 exempl. typ.) 



Eal. British Honduras, Belize {0. Wood ^, Berendt). 



Of this species we describe the type specimen kindly lent us for that purpose by 

 the authorities of the Smithsonian Institution, the only other example we have seen 

 being one in the Museum of the Boston Society of Natural History. They evidently 

 belong to a distinct species, which we have not met with ourselves. In the original 

 description Mr. Lawrence compares it to V. olivaceus and the southern form of it 

 F. agilis ; but in the ' History of North- American Birds ' ^ it is compared to V. phila- 

 deljpMcus, on account of the absence in both species of a dusky line on the sides of the 

 crown. From V. philadelphicus it differs in its larger size and in not having any ashy 

 tinge on the crown. 



It exceeds even V. olivaceus in size, from which it differs also in not having an ashy 

 crown. In some respects it resembles V. calidris, from which, however, it may be 

 known by the absence of the rictal streak and the browner tint of the under- 

 surface. 



The presence of a distinct local species of this genus in British Honduras is some- 

 what remarkable ; and we look forward with interest to the receipt of additional 

 specimens. 



5. Vireo philadelphicus. 



Vireosylvia philadelphica, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. v. p. 153'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 12' j Baird, 

 Rev. Am. B. i. p. 340 ' ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 96 * ; v. Prantz. J. f. Om. 1869, p. 295°; 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 184'; Baird, Brew. & Ridgw. N. Am. B. i. p. 367'. 

 Vireo philadelphicus, Cones, B. Col. Vail. i. p. 492'. 

 Vireosylvia cobanensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 463 . 



Supra plumbescenti-olivaceus, pileo pure plumbeo, superciliis et ciliis ipsis albis ; subtus flavescenti-albidus, 

 abdomine medio albicante; rostro corneo, pedibus plumbeis. Long, tota 4-8, alae 2-65, caudae 1-9, rostri a 

 rictu 0-55, tarsi 0-7. (Descr. exempl. ex Coban, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. Eastern North America to Hudson's Bay^s, Philadelphia i.— Guatemala 2, 

 Coban ^ Tactic ^ Eetalhuleu, Volcan de Agua above San Diego {0.8. & F. B. G.) ; 

 Costa Eica^, San Jose ^ 4, Grecia^Dota Mountains ^ {Carmiol); Panama, Volcan 

 de Chiriqui, Chitra « {Arce). 



