192 TRIXGA PECTORALIS. 



primaries tapering, obtuse, the first longest, the second con- 

 siderably shorter, the rest regularly graduated ; outer secon- 

 daries short, obliquely rounded, with a short point, the inner 

 elongated and tapering, the longest about an inch shorter 

 than the tip of the closed wing. Tail of twelve feathers, 

 rather short, the three outer on each side rounded and equal, 

 the rest gradually elongated, the two middle pointed, and 

 exceeding the lateral by half-an-inch. 



The bill is olivaceous, becoming brownish-black at the 

 end. The feet dull greenish-yellow, with the claws black. 

 The feathers of the upper parts are greyish-brown, with a 

 darker medial streak, and pale brownish-grey margins ; the 

 wing-coverts lighter, and the upper tail-coverts darker. The 

 primary quills and coverts are blackish-brown, with a tinge 

 of grey, the shaft of the first quill and that of the first covert 

 white ; the secondaries light brownish-grey, narrowly mar- 

 gined with white ; the inner like the feathers of the back. 

 The tail-feathers are light brownish-grey, narrowly mar- 

 gined and tipped with white, the two medial dusky toward 

 the end. A whitish band streaked with dusky extends over 

 the eye ; the loral band brown ; a small white space on 

 the throat ; the cheeks, sides of the neck, its fore part, a 

 considerable portion of the breast, and the upper part of the 

 sides greyish-white, streaked with dusky ; the rest of the 

 lower parts white ; axillar feathers, and some of the lower 

 wing-coverts, pure white ; those toward the edge of the wing 

 dusky grey, with white margins ; the larger coverts grey, as 

 is the lower surface of the quills. 



Length to end of tail 9 inches, to end of wings 9^ ; extent 

 of wings 18 ; wing from flexure 5-^; tail 2-/V; bill along the 

 ridge 1^-, along the edge of lower mandible 1-^; bcire part 

 of tibia -j 2 ,-; tarsus 1-^; hind toe -pj, its claw -^; second toe 

 -^V, its claw Yj-, third toe ^4, its claw -^; fourth toe -^V, 

 its claw 1 2 J . 



Female. — Similar to the male, but somewhat larger. 



Male and Female in Summer. — The bill and feet as in 

 winter. The feathers on the upper part of the head are 



