. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution: pt. 1 . Birds. VIREOLANIUS. 397 the eyfis white. A broad gamboge yellow stripe from bill, above and beyond the eye ; a black band from commissure of bill across lower halt and behind the eye (apparently widening and abruptly truncated behind), and a much less conspicuous black line from lower comer of the gonys, the two nearly parallel, and coextensive with the superciliary yellow (the lower one cutting off an infra-ocular white stripe). A well defined band of rufous brown across the hreast, the sides of body suffused wit
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution: pt. 1 . Birds. VIREOLANIUS. 397 the eyfis white. A broad gamboge yellow stripe from bill, above and beyond the eye ; a black band from commissure of bill across lower halt and behind the eye (apparently widening and abruptly truncated behind), and a much less conspicuous black line from lower comer of the gonys, the two nearly parallel, and coextensive with the superciliary yellow (the lower one cutting off an infra-ocular white stripe). A well defined band of rufous brown across the hreast, the sides of body suffused with the same. Primaries edged ex- ternally with whitish near the ends. Quills edged internally with yellowish. Crissum and inner wing coverts white. Bill black ; legs yellow. (No. 447.) Total length, ; wing, ; tail, ; exposed portion of 1st primary , of 2d, , of longest (5th) (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), ; length of bill from forehead, .85, from nostril, .45, along gape, .90 ; tarsus, .95 ; hind toe and claw, .60, claw alone, .30. The upper part of head is slightly glossed with olive. The bases of the yellow feathers in front of the eye are white. The lower half of the orbital region is crossed by the black ocular stripe, the upper by the yellow. The ocular yellow and black stripes extend as far behind the eye as in front of it. For the opportunity of examining this species I am indebted to Mr. Salvin. Smith- CoUec- Sex sonian tor's aad No. No. Age. LocaUty. When CoUected. Received from Collected by . i 447 1 .. 1 Volcan de Fuego, [oak forest, Guat. Sept. 18, '59. Cab. Salvin. Salvin &Godman. (447.) Type. Tireolanius pulcliellus. Vireolanius pulchdlus, Sclater & Salvin, Ibis, 1859,12 (Guatemala).— Lawkence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VII, 1862 (Panama).—Sclatee, Catal. 1861, 45, no. 273. Hab. Mexico and Guatemala, to Panama Isthmus. (No. 20,403, Chootun.) of upper parts and sides of whole head (to nostrils) and neck deep dark green. Ben
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