BIRDS OF MINNESOTA. 97 



twenty years ago. I can only count it an occasional straggler, 

 presumably individuals "which become mixed with the other 

 species in migration. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Neck and body uniform grayish-plumbeous; head bluish ash; 

 hood and a broad patch on the side of head yellowish-white; 

 scapular and interscapular feathers dusky, edged with grayish- 

 plumbeous. 



Length, 24; wing, 12; tarsus. 3.75; bill, about 2.75. 



Habitat, semi-tropics. 



