14 NOTES ON THE 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Upper part of the head, front, sides of head, upper part of 

 throat, and sides of neck, bluish-gray ; hind neck streaked 

 longitudinally with white on a greenish background, the white 

 feathers being, raised above the others; on the forepart of the 

 neck is a large longitudinal patch of deep reddish brown: 

 upper plumage brownish black slightly tinged with green, and 

 on the upper part of the back and lower part and sides of the 

 neck, streaked with and mottled with white; wings and tail 

 brownish black; under plumage pure white with a band across 

 the hinder part of the abdomen, and the lower tail coverts, 

 brownish gray; bill bluish black; iris bright ved; tarsi and feet 

 brownish black externally, internall}' pale flesh color; claws 

 yellowish at the base, and duskj" at the end. 



Length, 27; wing, 11. .'0; tail, 2.50; bill, 2.2'!; tarsus, 2.75. 



Habitat, northern part of Northern Hemisphere, migrating 

 southward in winter nearly across the United States. 



