. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 234 REVIEW OP AMERICAN BIRDS. [part I. uncertain. The bill is much like that of some Certhiolae in shape and curve, though the mouth is deeply clefl, and the tongue com- paratively simple (see page 163), as in the Warblers. In the com- pression, however, and decurvation of the bill, there is a close rela- tionship to Icteria, though it is smaller, longer proportionally, and much more slender. The basal joints of the middle toe are rather more united than common in Sylvicolidse; not so much as in
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 234 REVIEW OP AMERICAN BIRDS. [part I. uncertain. The bill is much like that of some Certhiolae in shape and curve, though the mouth is deeply clefl, and the tongue com- paratively simple (see page 163), as in the Warblers. In the com- pression, however, and decurvation of the bill, there is a close rela- tionship to Icteria, though it is smaller, longer proportionally, and much more slender. The basal joints of the middle toe are rather more united than common in Sylvicolidse; not so much as in Vireo. The * are shorter, and the claws more curved than in Icteria. This g?nu8, confined to Cuba, is represented by two known species which in having the upper parts olive gray, the crissum whitish, the wings and tail not varied by white. The diagnosis is as follows:â Head and n'jck all round yellow (slightly olivaceous above) ; rest of under parts whitish, tinged with ashy on the sides fernandina. Head and neck above like the back; sides of head (sharply defined against the vertex) and whole under parts, except crissum and anal region, bright yellow .... fornsii. Teretristis fernandinee. Anahates fernandinee, Lembeye, Aves Cuba, IS.'iO, 66, tab. v, fig. 2 (western Cuba).âGundlach, Bost. Jour. VI, iii, 1853, 317 (eggs; Cuba).â Teretristisfern. Cab. Jour. Ill, 1855, 475.âGundlach, lb. 1861, 32(5 (Cuba ; very conirrion).âHelmitherus hlnndn, Bon. Consp. I, April, 1850, 314, Cuba (not the species of Lichtenstein, Jidt Cabanis), Hah. Western Cuba. Head and neck all round olive green above, yellow beneath; the loral region and eyelids, and edge of wings also yellow. Rest of upper parts ashy gray, with faint tinge of olivaceous. Under parts pale ashy gray, lighter across breast; the middle of breast and belly yellowish-white. Lining of wings white. Bill dark lead color, lighter along the tomia. Legs dark brown. The bill varies a good deal in size and shape. Total le
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