. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. HYLOPHILUS. 381 (No. 22,374, %.) Wing considerably graduated ; 2d qnill about equal to lOtli; Sth longest; exposed portion of 1st bss tbau half 'id, more than half 2d. Tail short, rather rounded ; feathers narrow. Above bright olive green ; whole top of head and nape clear pure ash gray, in sharp contrast; cheeks paler, whitish about eyes. Beneath white, with a slight creamy tinge, purest on throat and belly ; the sides of breast and flanks yellowish olive, lighter than the back, passing more in
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. HYLOPHILUS. 381 (No. 22,374, %.) Wing considerably graduated ; 2d qnill about equal to lOtli; Sth longest; exposed portion of 1st bss tbau half 'id, more than half 2d. Tail short, rather rounded ; feathers narrow. Above bright olive green ; whole top of head and nape clear pure ash gray, in sharp contrast; cheeks paler, whitish about eyes. Beneath white, with a slight creamy tinge, purest on throat and belly ; the sides of breast and flanks yellowish olive, lighter than the back, passing more into yellow on crissuin, and still purer yellow on inside of wings and axillars. Quills dusky brown, edged externally with olive green, the ouier primaries only with gray ; quills eilged internally with whitish. Tail feathers olive. Bill above dusky, whitish below. Legs dusky ? (No. 22,374, %.) Total lenp*'', £,.7.'5; wing, ; tail, ; difference of feathers, .14 ; difference of lOth and longest quills, .34 ; exposed portion of Ist primary, .71, of 2d, , of longest (Sth) (measured from exposed base of lat primary), ; length of bill from forehead, .56, from nostril, .32, along gape, .t)3 ; tarsus, .64 ; middle toe and claw, .43, claw alone, .16 ; hind toe and claw, .36, claw alone, .20. The loral region and a narrow ring around the eye are grayish- white, as is to a less extent the space below the eye. This species is almost certainly the Pachi/xylcia decurtata of Bonaparte. ; â â â ; â , ,-,, , : - , ,â Kmith- CollftC- Sex mdIuu tor's itud .No. No, Awe. 22.:t:4 rf :) , , ,, 172 usillus, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lyo. VII, 1861,323 (.5^anama); VIII, 1865,"l80 (Oreytown, Nic). ,, ,;;,>,,â¢â â .« i/(ifc. Isthmus Panama, to southeastern Nicaragua. â 'â¢' ' ) > Very similar to decurtatus, but smaller; ash of head not extending as far back over the nape, and slightly mixed with olive ; less distinct on side of neck; tail more olive. O
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