. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. TireosylTia josephae. Vireo josephas, Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1859, 137, pi. 154 (Pallatanga, ."ilcua- > ' - dor).âIb. Catal. 1861, 42, no. 257. Hab, Ecuador to Costa Rica ; Pueito Cabello. (No. .34,667.) First primary short, about two-fifths the 2d, which is about equal to the 8th or 9th; the 4th and 6ih about equal and longesst. (Tliese proportions the same iu five specimens.) Above olive; greener and brighter on the rump, becom- ing brownish anteriorly, or more truly olive; the top and side
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. TireosylTia josephae. Vireo josephas, Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1859, 137, pi. 154 (Pallatanga, ."ilcua- > ' - dor).âIb. Catal. 1861, 42, no. 257. Hab, Ecuador to Costa Rica ; Pueito Cabello. (No. .34,667.) First primary short, about two-fifths the 2d, which is about equal to the 8th or 9th; the 4th and 6ih about equal and longesst. (Tliese proportions the same iu five specimens.) Above olive; greener and brighter on the rump, becom- ing brownish anteriorly, or more truly olive; the top and sides of head, with nape, olive brown. A broad stripe from nostrils over and beyond eye to nape, and a patch beneath it and eyelids quite pure â white, leaving the lores and a post-ocular stripe like tha head. Cheeks tinged with olive. Chin and throat whitish ; rest of under parts yellow, deepest on sides and crissum. Sides of breast tinged with brownish-olive. Quills and tail feathers brown, edged ex- ternally with olive green, internally with pale yellow. No bands on the wings, but the greater coverts of a paler olivaceous than elsewhere. Bill dusky above, paler below ; legs plumbeous. " Iris ; (No. 34,667, %.) Total length, ; wing, ; tail, ; exposed por- tion of 1st primary, .65, of 2d, , of longest (5th) (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), ; length of bill from forehead, .56, from nostril, .32, along gape, .71; tarsus, .b7; middle toe and claw, .51; hind toe and claw, .38. Of the five specimens before me, one. No. 27,947, from Bopota, furnished by Mr. Sclater as a type of his species, differs in the ex- istence of an ochry brown tinge on the crissum, tail feathers, aud. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887. Washington : T
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