BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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rather indistinctly) streaked with dusky; rest of under parts immac- 

 ulate white; bill blackish; iris brown; legs and feet blackish (more or 

 less olivaceous in life). 



Winter plumage. — General color of upper parts deep brownish 

 gray or grayish brown, the feathers (especially scapulars and inter- 

 scapulars) darker centrally; otherwise as in summer. 



Young. — Similar to summer adults but many of the scapulars 

 and interscapulars margined terminally with white (these feathers 

 without transverse markings), wing-coverts margined with buffy, 

 and chest decidedly buffy and very indistinctly streaked. 



iDowny young. — Forehead and sides of head pale brownish buffy, 

 the posterior half of the former with a median streak of blackish; 

 a narrow black loral streak, extending from near base of bill to near 

 anterior angle of eye; a very small and narrow dusky streak near 

 rictus; auricular region with a blackish streak along middle portion, 

 a much smaller and shorter one on upper-posterior portion, and a 

 dusky spot beneath lower part; crown and occiput deep russet, 

 the latter with a short median streak of black, bordered along each 

 side by a broken and much less distinct one of pale dull buffy; rest 

 of upper parts mixed russet and blackish, irregularly dotted or 

 spangled with pale grayish buffy or dull buffy whitish, the wings 

 nearly plain russet; under parts immaculate dull white, faintly tinged 

 on chest with pale brownish or dull buffy. 



Adult wo/f.— Wing, 82-88 (85.5); tail, 35-40 (38.2); exposed 

 cuhnen, 16-19 (17.2); tarsus, 16.5-19 (17.7); middle toe, 15-17 (16). « 



Adult female.— Wmg, 83-91 (86.5); tail, 34-41 (37.1); exposed 

 cuhnen, 17.5-20 (18.7); tarsus, 16-19 (18.1); middle toe, 15.5-17 

 (16.4).«' 



o Twenty-two specimens. " 



& Sixteen specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males from Atlantic side of United States (migrants) . 

 Ten adult males from Pacific side of United States (migrants). . 

 One adtilt male from Mexico (migrant) 



FEMALES. 



Fiveadult females from Atlantic side of United States(migrants) 

 Four adult females from coast of Alaska (breeding specimens).. 



One adult female from Nebraska (migrant) 



Six adult females from California (migrants) 



One adult female from Mexico (migrant) 



Wing. 



So. 4 

 85. 9 

 84.5 



88. .3 



86.7 



85 



8S.2 



87.5 



Tail. 



37.8 

 .38.2 

 39.5 



39 



37.7 



37 



38.5 



39 



Middle 

 toe. 



16 



10.2 

 15. 5 



16.2 

 16.1 

 10.5 

 16.5 

 17 



