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Colors. — Male. Front (or forehead) yellow ; throat white. Entire 

 upper parts olive-brown, tinged with yellow on the back and rump ; 

 quills and tail brown, the former edged externally with ashy, and some 

 of the outer feathers of the latter slightly edged with yellow. Under 

 parts (except the throat), bright yellow ; bill and feet dark. Inferior 

 coverts of the wing yellowish-white ; tibise olive-brown, many of the 

 feathers tipped with yellow. 



Hab. — Samoan Islands. Specimen in Nat. Mus. Washington City. 



This is one of three closely allied species of Eopsaltria, of which 

 specimens are contained in the collection of the Expedition, and were 

 described by Mr. Peale in the first edition of the present volume. They 

 present the typical characters of this genus, though larger, and with 

 their bills more strongly developed than the species hitherto known as 

 inhabiting Australia, though resembling them in general appearance. 



In allusion to the present species, Mr. Peale observes : 



" This is quite a common bird in the bushy grounds in the Island 

 of Upolu ; it is named from its cry, Vassi-vassi, which it utters in a 

 clear full-toned whistle. Its general appearance and habits assimilate 

 it to our yellow-breasted chat [Pipra polyglotta of Wilson), but is not 

 so noisy or active." 



This bird is given in our plate, above cited, of the size of life. 



2. Eopsaltria icteroides, Peale. 



Eopsaltria icteroides, Peale, Zool. Exp. Exp. Vincennes, Birds, p. 97 (1st edition, 

 1848). 



Eopsaltria diademata, Pucheran, Zool. Voy. Astrolabe and Zelee, III, p. 55 (1853). 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate X, fig. 3. 



Fronte, gutture et corpore subtus fiavis ; supra olivaceo-fiisca. Long. tot. 

 6 pollices. 



Form. — Similar to the immediately preceding species, and in dimen- 

 sions also very nearly the same. 



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