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blaiice in this specimen to F. leiicophrys; which, however, has the ash very 

 much lighter, the black " mustache " obsolete or wanting, the lower breast pnre 

 white instead of deep ochraceous ; the under surface of the primaries plain 

 white, v;itli sliallow dusky serrations along the sluift, instead of being heavily 

 barred with dusky ; always lias a patch of rufous on the crown, a conspicuous 

 frontal and superciliary stripe of white, and an entirely dill'erently marked tail. 

 In its much barred tail it also resembles the var. dominicensis to a slight 

 extent ; but tlie latter has the middle feathers also barred, and always has the 

 scapulars, generally the entire dorsal region, heavily barred with black, and 

 the wings, breast, and sides heavily spotted ; the bill is larger, and there 

 is always more or less rufous on the crown. The other two specimens are 

 more like the average ; they both have a mere trace of rufous on the crown, 

 conspicuous bars on the scapulars, and spots on the wings. No. 5,188 

 (Hibernia, Fla., February 3, 1869) has only a few black specks on the flanks; 

 tlie outer tail-feather ashy-white, with seven transverse black spots across 

 inner web. Wing, 6.80; tail, 4.80. Xo. 5,373 (Hawkinsville, Fla., March 

 12, 1869) is similar, but has the flanks distinctly spotted witli black, and tlie 

 outer tail-feather with inner web plain pale rufous, with only the subter- 

 minal large black spot. Wing, 6.80 ; tail, 4.80. 



A series of ten specimens (five males and five females) from Florida, 

 kindly sent me for examination by Mr. C J. Maynard, contains nothing but 

 var. sparverms, with a few individuals inclining slightly toward var. isabcl- 

 linus. The extreme are measurements of the series as follows : ^ . Wing, 

 6.60 - 6.90 ; tail, 4.50 - 4.70. 9 . Wing, 6.90 - 7.50 ; taU, 4.80 - 5.10. Four 

 out of the five males have the deeply ochraceous unspotted breast of var. 

 isahdlinus, but all have more or less rufous on the crown, while the asli is 

 of tliat light shade seen in \ar. sparverius. No. 476 has the iijiper tail- 

 coverts mixed with featliers which are either wholly or partially ash, while 

 the light bands of the outer tail-feathers are much tinged M-ith the same ; 

 tlie scapulars are almost wholly fine ash, like the wings, and with heavy 

 black bars. The females likewise all incline toward var. isahdlinus, all 

 ha\-ing tlie dark bars above equal to or broader than the rufous ones. No. 

 6,441 is transversely spotted on tlie flanks with heavy black bars, and is 

 scarcely distinguishable from females of var. dominicensis. 



An adult male labelled as coming from Cuba, but probably from the 

 southeastern United States, in the collection of the Boston Society, is so 

 deeply colored as to strongl}' resemble tlie young male of T. sparvcroides. 

 There is not a trace of rufous on tlie crown, which is dark plumbeous ; the 

 lower parts are entirely deep rufous, except the throat, inclining more to 

 ochraceous on tlie tibias and crissum ; the whole lower surface entirely free 

 from spots of\nykind. Tlie tail is very uniformly marked, being wholly 

 rufous, except the usual narrow terminal band, or the outer web of lateral 

 feathers, which are white, — the latter with a few indications of black spots 

 near the shaft, — and the usual subterminal zone of black, which is very 



