BIKDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 655 



back, the feathers of hindneck and wings ochraceous or buff beneath 

 surface; outermost scapulars vtdth a few irregular, indistinct spots of 

 white on outer webs; primary coverts dusky with transverse series of 

 mottled gra3dsh spots, these becoming more buffy or ochraceous ba- 

 sally ; ground-color of primaries grayish, especially on proximal quills, 

 passing into buffy or ochraceous basally (extensively on distal quills), 

 the gra3dsh portion finely mottled, transversely, with dusky, and 

 crossed by about seven transverse series of quadrate blackish brown 

 spots, these anteriorly about as wide as the buffy or mottled grayish 

 interspaces; on the fourth (from outside) quill the basal portion im- 

 maculate buffy for about 20-25.5 mm. from tip of primary coverts, but 

 on the outermost and proximal quills the spots approach closely to 

 tips of primary coverts; secondaries crossed by about nine or ten 

 bands of dusky; general color of wing-coverts like back, but growing 

 paler toward edge of wing, their tips also pale (sometimes nearly 

 white); tail banded like secondaries; ear-tufts with median portion 

 (broadly) plain black, the edges of the feathers (broadly) buff or 

 ochraceous, passing into white (usually more or less broken by blackish 

 lines or motthng) terminally; forehead and post-auricular region 

 minutely speckled with blackish and white; ' 'eyebrows " (superciUary 

 region) and lores grayish white or pale gray, the eyes surrounded by 

 blackish, this widest anteriorly, above, and below; face plain dull 

 ochraceous ; facial disk black, becoming broken into a variegated collar 

 across throat ; chin and upper throat plain white ; general color of under 

 parts ochraceous or buff, the exposed surface of the feathers, however, 

 white; breast with large longitudinal median blotches of clear 

 sooty brown; sides and flanks with median stripes of sooty brown 

 crossed by as broad, or broader, transverse bars of the same; abdomen, 

 tibial plumes, and legs plain ochraceous or buff, passing into nearly 

 white on lower portion of tarsus and on toes, the tibial plumes usually 

 with a few sagittate spots of brownish; under tail-coverts with 

 median narrow stripes or streaks of dusky, these bifurcate or Y-shaped 

 proximally ; under wing-coverts plain ochi*aceous, the under primary 

 coverts blackish brown, forming a conspicuous spot; bill dull black; 

 iris bright lemon yellow. 



Young. — Remiges and rectrices (if developed) as in adults; other 

 portions broadly barred with blackish broAvn and grayish white, the 

 latter predominating anteriorly; "eyebrows" and loral bristles black; 

 less white. 



