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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



of hindneck; Tipper tail-coverts grayish brown (more or less dark) 

 passing into bufly brown or cinnamonieous on margins (broadly) ; 

 tail dusky, tipped with dull white or pale grayish, the basal half 

 of inner webs abruptly yellowish white or pale primrose yellow, the 

 outer web of lateral rectrix light grayish brown with paler edge; 

 wings dusky, the middle coverts broadly margined terminally with 

 dull white or pale buffy gray, the greater coverts and secondaries 

 edged (very broadly on inner secondaries) with yellowish white 

 or pale primrose yellow, the primary coverts and primaries narrowl}" 

 edged with duller whitish; malar region and entire under parts 

 white, the chest and sides faintly shaded with pale gray; axillars 

 and under wing-coverts pale yellow (primrose), faintly tinged with 

 pale gray and usually with very narrow shaft-streaks of dusky; 

 inner webs of remiges broadly edged with yellowish white or pale 

 primrose yellow; bill, legs, and feet, black; iris, brown; length (skins), 

 193-214 (203); wing, 105-116.5 (108.7); tail, 81-94.5 (87.8); exposed 

 culmen, 24-27.5 (25.7); tarsus, 20-23 (21.7); middle toe, 14.5-17 (16).« 



Adult female. — Similar to the male and not always distinguishable, 

 but usually with the yellow or tawny crown-patch smaller; length 

 (skins), 193-205 (201); wing, 102-107.5 (103.9); tail, 84-88 (85.6); 

 exposed culmen, 24-27.5 (25.6); tarsus, 21.5-23 (22); middle toe, 

 15-16.5 (15.7)." 



Young. — Essentially like adults, but crown without any yellow, 

 color of back, etc., more brownish, tip of tail pale cinnamon-brown 

 or fawn color, and wing-coverts broadly margined with cinnamon 

 or fawn color. 



Island of Cuba (San Cristobal; Holguin; Batabano; Trinidad: 

 Pinar del Rio; Guanajay; Guama; Guantanamo Bay; Mariel; San 

 Diego de los Baiios; Cabanas; Baracoa), including Isle of Pines 

 (Sante Fe; Nueva Gerona; Hospital; Jucaro; Rio Callebonito). 



« Fifteen specimens. 

 b Four specimens. 



The speeiiiu'iis from the Isle of Pines are in abraded plumage, rendering comparison 

 with specimens from the main ishcnd unsatisfactory. 



