372 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. 



and below eye, and entire throat, pinkish buff (vinaceous), the throat and cheek separated 

 by a velvet black malar patch; chest with a large jet-black crescent; breast, sides and belly, 

 pale brownish gray, thickly marked with circular or heart-shaped jet-black spots or " polka- 

 dots;" flanks and under lail-covcrts whitish barred with black; under surface of wings 

 and tail (except at tip) golden yellow, the shafts brightest; tail broadly black at tip, only 

 the outer feathers tipped and spotted on outer webs with whitish; bill blackish; iris brown. 



Adult female: Precisely like the male, except that it lacks the black malar stripe or 

 " mustache," this region being of the same color as throat. The yovmg are scarcely different 

 from adults of tlie same sex, except that the colors are somewhat duller and the markings 

 not so sharp. The black mustache of the male is well developed before the young leave 

 the nest. 



Length 12 to 12.75 inches; wing G to G.GO; tail 4.70 to 4.95; culmen 1.20 to 1.40. 



