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/(. ^\'hite streaks on auricular region broader, on darker ground color; 

 throat darker (more rufous-chestnnt); gray of cliesl darker; flanks 

 tinged with oehraceoiis or tawny. (Islands of Dominica. Lesser 



Antilles.) Myadestes genibarbis dominicana (p. 177) 



hh. White streaks on auricular region narrower, on a lighter slate-colored 

 ground; throat lighter (l)right cinnamon-rufous); gray of chest 

 paler; flanks clear pale gray scarcely, if at all, tinged with 

 ochraceous or tawny. (Eastern portion of Island of Haiti, ur 



Santo Domingo.) Myadestes genibarbis cherriei (p. 177) 



(Id. Thighs yellow. (Habitat unknown.) Myadestes armillatus (p. 178) 



cc. Upper parts sooty black. (Island (A St. Vincent, Lesser AnUlles.) 



Myadestes sibilans (p. 17!)) 

 aa. Plumage spotted or streaked. (Young.) 



h. Chin and upper throat uniform blackish Myadestes melanops, young (p. 171) 



bb. Chin and upper throat not blackish. 



c. General color of upper parts grayish l>rown or olive; throat and under tail- 

 coverts whitish or pale buff, with or without dusky margins to feathers. 

 (/. A patch of buff at l)ase of outer webs of inner primaries. 



Myadestes townsendi, young (p. 1(54) 

 (/(/. Xo patch of buff at base of outer webs of })rimaries. 



e. Upper parts conspicuously spotted with buff; un(k'r parts distinctly 

 squamated with dusky. (Mtjadcstcs obscurus young). 

 /. Darker, with under parts more strongly buffy and black s(iuamations 



broader Myadestes obscurus obscurus, young (p. 167; 



f. Paler, with under parts less' strongly l)uffy and blackish squamations 



narrower Myadestes obscurus occidentalis. young (p. 168) 



ce. Upper parts more sparsely and indistinclty spotted with buffy, the spots 

 smaller and more brownish; under parts much less distinctly sciuamated 



with dusky Myadestes elisabeth, young (p. 172 ) 



cc. General color of upper parts sooty and slate color; throat and under tail- 

 coverts plain pale cinnamon-rufous or ochraceous-buff. 



Myadestes genibarbis and subspecies, young (p. 175, 176, 177) 



MYAPESTES TOWNSENDI (Audubon). 

 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Above plain brownish gray (varpno; from 

 drab-gray or smoke gray to hair brown), the under parts similar but 

 slightly paler, especially on chin, throat, and abdomen, the under 

 tail-coverts broadly but rather indistinctly tipped with didl white; 

 an orbital ring of dull white; lores dusky; wings dusky or dark 

 grayish broAvn, with lighter brownish gray edgings, the secondaries 

 and inner primaries buff or ochraceous-buft" basally (mostly hidden 

 by greater and primary coverts), and with a broad dusky space 

 intervening between this buffy portion and the grayish-edged 

 terminal portion; tertials margined terminally with dull white (except 

 in worn plumage); middle pair of rectrices concolor ^dth back, or 

 darker brownish gray, the others dusky or very dark brownish gray, 

 the outermost with terminal half (approximately) of outer web dull 

 white, the inner web broadly tipped with white, this white extending 



