lUUDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLK AMERICA. 525 



white;" \vnii»"s hiown. coiispiciiously Nuriooiitod witli hroad hands of 

 dusky. tli(^ interspaces hetween these dusky hands Ix'coinino- ])ui]'\ 

 white Of (hdl whit(> on ouK'rniost ))riiuaries: a consjjicuous, shar})ly 

 defined siiixM'ciliaiv stripe of wiiite; loresand a hroad postoeuhii'stri])e 

 dark sooty or dull hlackish; suhorhital. malar, and lower half (oi-inore) 

 of auricular regions, and under parts, white, sliohtly tinu'ed with pale 

 hrownish huti'on flanks: a more or less distinct suhmalai" streak of hiaek; 

 chi\st (sometimes lower throat also), hreast, sides, and alxlomen more 

 or less densely spotted with Idack, the spots more or less i-oundish, 

 ])ut varyini>' to cordate or o-uttate form, those on sides of hreast and 

 on sides sometimes transverse; iiaid<s with the spots distinctly trans- 

 verse, sometimes forming regular hroad hars; under tail-coverts 

 spotted or harred witli hlack; thighs pale hrown. narrowly l)ari-ed 

 with darker l)rown or dusky; ])ill dusky horn color or hlackish, 

 becoming abrupt!}' paler on lower l)asal half (more or less) of mandible; 

 iris reddish brown;'' legs and feet dark horn coh)r in dried skins, dusky 

 ash color in life.^ 



Adults ill mitwH II and enrly ir'uiter. — Similar to the spring and sum- 

 mer plumage ])ut ])rown(M' above, wdth th(^ ])lack and white markings 

 obscured b}' partial concealment; bi'own margins to feathers of pileum 

 broader, nearly concealing the blackish central spaces; nape uniform 

 brown; superciliary sti'ipi^. and postei'ior under parts more Iniffy 

 white, especially the latter. 



Young. — Essentially like adults, but ])ileum uniform sooty black; 

 paler markings of back, etc., light ])rown (wood brown or cinnamon) 

 instead of white; superciliary stripe obsoK>te from eye forward, tiie 

 blackish of forehead and crown coming down to upper eyelid and 

 lores; undei' parts duller whitish (more or less tinged with browiush 

 or grayish), the spots smaller, less sharply defined, less deeply ])lack. 



Adult iimle.—\A^\\%W\ (skins), It>0-177 (171.1); wing, 72.5-77 (74.7); 

 tail, (i7-71 (6S.1>); exposed culmen, 21-21: (28); tarsus, 22-25 (21.5); 

 middle toe, 10-lS (It).!*).'' 



Adult femaU. — Length (skins), 160-165 (163); wing, 6S-71 (71. i); 

 tail. 61-68 (64.9); exposed culmen, 20-23 (22.4); tarsus, 22.5-25 (24.1); 

 middle toe, 15.5-17 (1 <)),'' 



Southeastern ]Mexico, in States of Puebla (Chietla), Alorelos (C'uer- 

 navaca). Oaxaca (Oaxaca; Oondominguello; (MncoSenoics; Cuicatlan; 

 .Mitla; ("ei"ro San F(dipe), (luerrei-o (("liijpancingo; Tixthi; Omilteme), 

 and dalisco (Si(M-ra N(>vada). 



' Vf///y(///(//7(7»/r///(.>t joc.?.s-».v HcLATEK, I'l-oc. Zool. Isuc. Ja)ii(1., ISoH, '.\~\ (Oiixaca, 

 Oaxaca, Mexico; coll. P. L. Sclater); Cat. Am. Birds, 1S(J2, 17, pi. 8 (do.).— 

 Baum., Review Am. i'.irds, 18(54, 106 (Oaxaca).— Lawrence, Bull. U.S.Nat. 



"T^sually tln'iv iirc mon- or less distinct iiidicatiDiis of one or two narrow wliitc 

 hands <ir hars anterior to tiiis. 

 '' F. Snmichrast, maniisiriiil. 

 'Ten sj)C(;imens. 



