BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 547 



tliird; a supraloral spot or streak, and a narrow spot on each eyelid, 

 white, tliat on upper eyelid sometimes extended backward above auricu- 

 lar region, sometimes confluent with the white supraloral spot; sides 

 of head, including- entire loial, suborbital, and auricular regions, uni- 

 form ])lack; malar region, chin, and throat white, the lower portion of 

 the last sometimes partly black; chest more or less heavily spotted or 

 clouded with black, this color sometimes nearly uniform; a large patch 

 of light lemon or canary yellow on each side of })reast; median line of 

 breast, together with abdomen and under tail-coverts, white; between 

 the yellow lateral patches and the white median area of the breast an 

 elongated patch of black, confluent with jugular area, and extending 

 backward to the flanks, where broken into l)road streaks; bill ])lack; 

 iris brown; legs and feet dark brown. 



Adult 7nale in autumn cm d winter. — Very different from the summer 

 plumage; above grayish lirown,with the black streaks concealed, except 

 on back and scapulars, where much less conspicuous than in simimer 

 plumage; yellow crown-patch concealed by brown tips to the feathers; 

 sides of head brown, like pileum, varied by the same white markings 

 as in summer plumage, but these less distinct; chin, throat, and chest 

 brownish white or pale buff'y brown, the last more or less streaked 

 with l)lack; lateral 3ellow pectoral patches less distinct than in smnmer, 

 usually tinged with brownish and flecked with dusky; black sublateral 

 pectoral areas broken by broad white margins to feathers; wings and 

 tail as in sunnner, but white bands across former more or less brownish. 



Aduli feinide in spring mid suninier. — Similar to the summer male, 

 but smaller and duller in color; the upper parts tinged (sometimes 

 strongly) with ])rown; yellow crowutpatch smaller; wing-bands nar- 

 rower; sides of head brown or dusky brownish gray, instead of black; 

 less of black on chest and sides of breast, and yellow lateral pectoral 

 patches smaller and paler 3^ellow. 



Adult female in autumn and v: inter. — Similar to the winter male, 

 but smaller; upper parts more decidedly brown, with streaks obsolete, 

 except on back; yellow crown-patch more restricted (sometimes nearly 

 obsolete); wing-bands, eyelids, etc., pale brown; under parts pale bufl'y 

 brown anteriorly and laterally, the median portion of breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts dull yellowish white; yellow patches on sides of 

 breast indistinct, sometimes obsolete. 



Young, first j)lu7nage. — Above distinctly streaked with gra3dsh 

 dusky and white; beneath grayish white, streaked with dusky; wings 

 and tail much as in adults. 



Adult m«Z6.— Length (skins), 120-140 (129); wing, 70-78 (74.1); 

 tail, 50-60 (56.2); exposed culmen, 9-11 (10); tarsus, 18-21 (19.6); 

 middle toe. 10.5-13 (12). ^ 



^ Twenty-five specimens. 



