. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution: pt. 1 . Birds. VIREO. 865 the browE cap and post-ocular stripe are wanting, and tbe light line from bill only goes to tbe eye, instead of passing broadly to the nape. I have great pleasure in dedicating it to Mr. Geo. Latimer, of Porto Rico, at whose expense a valuable collection of birds of the Island vras made and presented to the Institutionâthe species just described among them. Smith- eoaian No. CoUec- tor's No. Sex and Age. Locality. When CoUected. Received from BemarkB. 39,348 39,347 Poi-to Kico, N. Side. 1S64-5. G
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution: pt. 1 . Birds. VIREO. 865 the browE cap and post-ocular stripe are wanting, and tbe light line from bill only goes to tbe eye, instead of passing broadly to the nape. I have great pleasure in dedicating it to Mr. Geo. Latimer, of Porto Rico, at whose expense a valuable collection of birds of the Island vras made and presented to the Institutionâthe species just described among them. Smith- eoaian No. CoUec- tor's No. Sex and Age. Locality. When CoUected. Received from BemarkB. 39,348 39,347 Poi-to Kico, N. Side. 1S64-5. Geo. Latimer. Iris bazel. Vireo pallens, Saltin. (Nicaragua.) Tlreo pallens. Vireo pallens, Salvin, P. Z. S. May, 1863, 188 (Realejo and Punta Arenas). Hab. West coast of Central America. â (No. 33,601.) Wings short and rounded, about equal to the tail; Ist quill rather less than half the 2d, which Is less than the secondaries ; 3d about equal to the 7 th ; 4th and 5 th long- est. Bill â largo and stout; feel well developed, the claws reaching to end of tail. Tail rather rounded, the feathers narrow; the lateral .16 shorter than central. Upper parts dull grayish- olive ; a little brighter per- haps on rump and edges of quill- and tail-feathers. No difference appreciable in color of the outer edge of lateral tail feather. Two bands on the wing, and outer edges of inner secondaries white. No concealed yellowish on rump. Beneath soiled white, with a very slight tinge of oliva- ceous on sides; the lining of wings and inner edges of quills pure white. Tibiae ashy. A whitish line from bill to, and perhaps a narrow ring around the eye. Lores dusky. Bill horn color above, pale below ; feet dusky. (No. 33,601.) Total length,' ; wing, ; tail, ; difference between 10th and longest quills, .25 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, .70, of 2d, , of longest (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), ; length of bill from forehead, .58, from nostril, .35, along gap
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