. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ! H ' '' "WBi .» ;, N i 1 5 lâ t,^.. 1 'ii'v: *' ' .:"j ⢠. '⦠400 REVIEW OP AMERICAN BIRDS. [part I. Beneath greenish-yellow, more olive on the sides ; clearer yellow on the chin, inner face of wings, and inner edges of qaills. A band from nostrils over and beyond the eyes, and a spot on lower eyelid, yellow ; rest of sides of head plumbeous, with the dusky and white bands of icteropkrys very obsoluttily indicated. Bill dusky; legs paler. Total length, ; wing, ; tail,
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ! H ' '' "WBi .» ;, N i 1 5 lâ t,^.. 1 'ii'v: *' ' .:"j ⢠. '⦠400 REVIEW OP AMERICAN BIRDS. [part I. Beneath greenish-yellow, more olive on the sides ; clearer yellow on the chin, inner face of wings, and inner edges of qaills. A band from nostrils over and beyond the eyes, and a spot on lower eyelid, yellow ; rest of sides of head plumbeous, with the dusky and white bands of icteropkrys very obsoluttily indicated. Bill dusky; legs paler. Total length, ; wing, ; tail, ; exposed portion of Ist primary, .85, of 2d, , of longest (5th) (measured from exposed base of let primary), ; length of bill from nostril, .40; tarsus, .72. The forehead and side of crown are tinged with olive, and in the plumbeous of the sides of head are indicated very obsoletely au olivaceous Hue from commissure through and behind the eye, and another from side of lower jaw, beneath it; the two separated behind by a paler patch. The general style of coloration and appearance is that of V. icte- ropkrys, Bon., but the size is smaller, the under parts more olivace- ous, and the stripes on the side of head so nearly obsolete as to be readily overlooked. The superciliary yellow line is, however, suffi- ciently conspicuous; the infra-ocular yellow spot rather less distinct. The difference of locality is also important. For the opportunity of examining the species I am indebted to Dr. Sclater. I Ww t '. '\; Smith- toDian No Collec- Sex tor's 1 and No. 1 Age. Locality. When Collected Received from Collected by .. 272a .. Eastera Pera. ... Cab. P. L. Sclater. Verrenax. '« -vt '-'^,^ â¢*â¦' Family AMPELID^. The characteristics of the Ampelidee have already been presented in the synopsis of allied families ; chief among them the short broad depressed and triangular bill with short gonys, the deeply cleft mouth, the short tarsus, and the tendency to subdivisio
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