SPECIES DESCRIBED SINCE l88o. 
G. trichas in having the black mask restricted on the cheeks to 
the same width as on the forehead, with the space next to the 
black abruptly ashy, and the wings shorter and rounder. 
Bahamas. 
VIREO ALLENI. Cory. 
Allen’s Vireo. 
Vireo alleni. Cory, Auk, III., pp. 500, 501 (1886); lb.. Birds 
of the West Indies, p. 75 (1889). 
Vireo crassirostris fiavescens. Ridgw., Manual N. A. Birds, 
p. 476 (1887). 
Sp. Char. — Above dull olive, showing a dull yellow tinge on 
the forehead ; a stripe of yellow from the upper mandible to the 
eye, the yellow showing on the upper and lower eyelids ; entire 
under surface dull yellow, tinged with olive on the flanks and 
sides; two distinct, yellowish white wing bands; quills dark brown, 
most of the feathers edged with yellowish green on the outer webs ;. 
tail brown, showing faint olive edgings on the outer webs ; bill 
horn color ; legs dark brown or slaty brown. 
Length, 4.10; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .75; bill, .45. 
Habitat. Grand Cayman (type), Conception Island, Exuma 
Island, Rum Kay, Long Island, and Iriagua. 
This form is allied to V. crassirostris , but has the under parts 
yellow and the back dull olive-green. 
