BIEDS OF NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMEEICA. 



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(except middle pair) bright pure cadmium yellow, with distal por- 

 tion black; loral and superciliary regions deep vinaceous-cinnamon, 

 the suborbital and auricular regions, together with chin, throat, 

 foreneck, and upper chest, uniform grayish vinaceous-cinnamon or 

 dull vinaceous; malar region black, forming a conspicuous elongated 

 patch or "mustache;" lower chest black, forming a conspicuous sub- 

 crescentic patch; rest of under parts pale vinaceous-cinnamon or 

 dull buff-pinkish laterally fading into white or pale yellowish medially 

 and on under tail-coverts, conspicuously spotted with black, the 

 spots mostly roundish or subcordate, larger and subtriangular, some- 

 times V-shaped, on under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts pale 

 cadmium or buff yellow, paler along edge of wing, where more or 

 less spotted with black; inner webs of remiges olivaceous (changing 

 to deep yellow in certain lights), the basal portion of outer primaries 

 and greater part of other remiges broadly edged with buff-yellow, 

 the distal portion broadly barred or transversely spotted with the 

 same; under surface of tail saffron yellow or dull cadmium yellow, 

 broadly and abruptly tipped with black, the lateral pair of rectrices 

 with a terminal spot or edging of whitish, the outer web usually 

 narrowly edged or notched with the same, or with blackish alternat- 

 ing with whitish; bill black in summer, more brownish or dusky 

 horn color (especially on basal half of mandible) in winter; iris dark 

 reddish brown or brownish red; legs and feet grayish or horn color 

 in dried skins, bluish gray or gray in life; length (skins), 244-290 

 (282.4); wing, 144-154 (149.9); tail, 92-115 (100.7); culmen, 32-36 

 (34.1); tarsus, 26-29 (27.5); outer anterior toe, 20-22.5 (21.3).« 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but without the black 

 malar patch or '' mustache," this replaced by the color of throat, etc. 

 (sometimes tinged with dull grayish); length (skins), 248-280 (260); 

 wing, 137-155 (150.5); tail, 88.5-104.5 (99.3); culmen, 28-36 (32.7); 

 tarsus, 25.5-28.5 (26.9); outer anterior toe, 20-23.5 (21. 5). '^ 



« Twenty-two specimens. 



