172 BULLETII^ 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



rectriccs grayifsh dusky edged with pale huffy grayish (edging nearh' 

 white on outermost primaries and rectrices); malar region yellow 

 anteriorily, white posteriorly; chin (and usually upper throat) white; 

 ))reast (sometimes more or less of abdomen also) 3"ellow, this fading 

 into white on lower abdomen, under tail-coverts, etc.; the sides and 

 tlanks pale brownish gray; a black patch, of exceedingly variable shape 

 and extent, on lower throat, sometimes continued posteriorly along 

 the median line of l)reast to upper part of abdomen or anteriorly to 

 (but not including) the chin;^ maxilla blackish with paler (bluish gra}') 

 tomia; mandible grayish blue in life, with blackish streak on terminal 

 portion of gonys; iris brown; legs and feet horn-brownish; length 

 (skins), 140.97-160.27 (118.08); wing, 78.99-8.5.85 (82.55); tail, 55.12- 

 61.17 (58.17); exposed culmen, 11.73-15.19 (11.99); depth of bill at 

 base, 10.11-11.13 (10.67); tarsus, 22.86-21.13 (23.37); middle toe, 

 16.76-18.03 (17.53).' 



Adult female. — Much like the adult male, but coloration much 

 duller; upper parts more brown, with the pileum and rump usually 

 more or less streaked with dusk}*; lesser wing-coverts dusky centrally, 

 broadly margined with light grayish brown, the middle coverts smiilar, 

 but margined terminally with paler (more grayish bufly); superciliary 

 andmalarstripes with less of yellow, sometimes with none; under parts 

 with yellow of breast more restricted; whole throat white, margined 

 lateralh' by a more or less distinct sulimalar streak of duskv; no black 

 .spot on lower throat, or else this much smaller than in male; flanks 

 more or less streaked with dusky; length (skins), 139.70-115.80 

 (113.26); wing, 71.68-77.17 (75.69); tail, 50.01-55.12 (52.07); exposed 

 culmen, 12.70-11.22 (13.16); depth of bill at base, 9.91-10.67 (10.11); 

 tarsus, 21.81-22.86 (22.35); middle toe, 16.26-17.27 (16.76).' 



Yourifi in fi'fit winter. — Similar to adult female. Init everywhere 

 tinged with dull buft'y or pale clay color. 



United States east of Rocky Mountains, and southward in winter 

 through New^NIexico, Arizona, Mexico (both coasts), and Central Amer- 

 ica to Colombia and Trinidad; occasional during migration in Jamaica 

 and on Swan Island (Caribbean Sea); breeding from South Carolina (for- 

 merly). Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas north to North Dakota. ^linne- 

 sota, Wisconsin, Michigan (south of lat. 13^), southern Ontario, etc., 

 formerh' to eastern Massachusetts (Medford, Hingham, Hyde Park, 

 etc.). Now chiefly restricted during the breeding season to the region 

 between the AUegheu}' jNIountains and eastern base of the Rocky 

 Mountains, having for unknown reasons, become practically extinct 



^ Sometimes there are two or more black spots succeeding one another; often a 

 larger, shield-shaped spot on lower throat and a smaller one, of more irregular shape, 

 on center of breast. 



^Ten specimens. 



^ Eight specimens. 



