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inch in width; about as far anterior to the main bantl as this is 

 from the tip is another much narrower and less distinct band of 

 the same color, crossing jnst beyond the ends of the coverts, or 

 concealed by them. Primaries uniform brownish-black, fading 

 on the terminal edge into pale brown. Head above, and broad 

 but inconspicuous "mustache," running from the rictus down- 

 ward across the cheek, dull black ; the crown posteriorly, with the 

 occiput and nape, having the dull black much broken, caused by 

 the lateral streaks of dull rufous on all the feathers ; this dull 

 rufous tint prevails on the rest of the head and neck, as well as 

 the breast, leaving the lores and chin and lateral portion of the 

 frontlet alone whitish; throat streaked with blackish. Beneath dull 

 browmish-rufous, that of the breast almost unvariegated ; medi- 

 ally, however, are roundish spots of white on opposite webs, but 

 these are not confluent; posteriori}', these spots become gradually 

 more numerous and more transverse, forming on the flanks trans- 

 verse bands, almost continuous; on the tibia? the white prevails, 

 the rufous bars being more distant, and connected only by a 

 brown shaft-line; lower tail-coverts with less numerous, transverse 

 spots of dull rufous. Lining of the wing ochraceous-white, with 

 sparse, rather small, irregularly deltoid spots of dull rufous; 

 under surface of the primaries unvariegated white, as far as their 

 emargination, beyond which they are black. Fourth quill longest ; 

 third a little shorter ; second intermediate between fifth and sixth; 

 first about equal to the ninth. Female (extremes 30,969, Brook- 

 line, Mass., and 30,895, Mirador, Mexico the latter the larger) : 

 Wing, 11.00-11.30; tail, 6.80-7.10 ; tarsus, 2.30 ; middle toe, 1.30. 

 Male (32,309, Moose Factory, Hudson's Bay Territory) : Wing, 

 10.50 ; tail, 6.30 ; tarsus, 2.30 ; middle toe, 1.20. 



Young male, second year? (39,106, Remedios, Cuba, June; 

 N. H. Bishop): Upper parts similar to adult, but a reddish tint 

 appreciably washing the edges of the interscapulars and (less 

 noticeably so) the scapulars. Bands on tail nearly as in adult, 

 but very near the base is a fourth, very narrow and faintly de. 

 fined, pale band, while the bases of all the feathers are much mot- 

 tled with white. Dull rufous of the breast not continuous, but in 

 the form of large longitudinal broad spots, occupying the greater 

 middle portion of each feather; abdomen, sides, and tibioe with 

 smaller and more cordate spots of dull rufous ; the lower tail- 



