662 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 



gr.\vish brown on sides and flanks; edo-o of wino^ yellow; l)ill ])lack; 

 iris brown; legs and feet light brown (in dried skins). 



Adult male in autumn and i«m^«'.— Similar in coloration to spring 

 or summer specimens, but hinder crown and occiput decidedly brow^n, 

 olive-green of l)ack, etc., clearer (less grayish), and ])ill much lighter 

 in color, the mandible pale brownish (flesh colored or lilaceous in life!'), 

 darker terminally, the maxilla dark brown or dusky with paler tomia. 



Adult f('iii(de in Kjyring and summer. — Head without an}' black or 

 gra}'; pileum grayish olive, the forehead or anterior portion of crown 

 (sometimes both) more or less strongly tinged with cinnamon-brown; 

 sides of head similar in color to pileum, l)ut paler, especially on super- 

 ciliary and orbital regions; otherwise similar in coloration to the adult 

 male, but yellow of under parts paler and duller, sometimes distinct 

 only on under tail-coverts. 



Adult female in aatainn and winter. — Similar to spring and summer 

 specimens, but plumage softer and colors slightly deeper, 



Yovruj ni(de in Jit'.st autumn and nnnter. — Similar to the adult male 

 of corresponding season, but black ''mask" only partially developed 

 the pileum entirely olive-brown (or with admixture of black feathers 

 on forehead), no gra}" on head, and colors generally duller, more 

 suft'used. 



Young female in fr.st autumn and nv'nter. — Similar to the adult 

 female of corresponding season, but under parts pale dull bufl'y or 

 pale maize yellow (without any clear yellow), becoming brownish on 

 sides and flanks, 



Toung, first 'plumage {se.res alike). — Above plain brownish olive, 

 becoming more olive-greenish on remiges and rectrices; middle and 

 greater wing-coverts indistinctly tipped with pale bufl'y brown ©r 

 cinnamon; throat, chest, sides, and flanks pale bufly olive, the last 

 tinged with cinnamon; rest of under parts pale bufl'y yellowish. 



Adult male.— Langth (skins), 104-120 (111); wing^, 49-56.5 (52.9)-, 

 tail, 45-52.5 (49.3); exposed culmen, 9.5-12 (10,5); tarsus, 19.5-21 

 (20.1); middle toe, 12.5-14 (12.9). ^ 



Adultfemah. —l^ength (skins), 102-112 (108.6); wing, 46-53.5 (49.7); 

 tail, 42-50 (46.9); exposed culmen, 9-10 (9.7); tarsus, 19-20.5 (19.7); 

 middle toe, 12-13 (12.5).' 



Atlantic coast district of United States; breeding in Virginia, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, Maryland, and southern Pennsylvania (Carlisle) — 

 pro1)ably also in Delaware and southern New rlersey and in upland 

 portions of the Carolinas and Georgia;^ accidental in southwestern 

 Indiana (Wheatland, Knox County, one specimen. May 5, 1885); south 

 in winter to Bahamas (Eleuthera, Abaco, New Providence, Watlings, 

 Concepcion, Rum Ca}', Green Cay, and Cat islands). 



^ Forty-two specimens. 



■•'Nine specimens, from District i>f Columbia. 



^Soiitlirrii limit <if hrccdint: fan^n' not (lctcrmine<l. 



