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on each sido the throat from tho chin to the aides of the neck, where it runs into & close patch of black streaks continued alonf 

 the breast and sides to the rout of the tail. Outer two tail featliers with an oblique patch on tho inner web near the end -, the 

 others cdgfd internally with while. Female similar, c.\cc|it that tlie upper parts arc olivaceous and, even on the crown, streaked 

 with black ; the while on tho sides and across the breast tinged with yellowish ; a ring of the fame round the eye cut by a duslty 

 line Uirough it. Length of male, 5.75 ; wing, 3 ; tail, '.3.S5. 

 Ilab. — Eastorn North America to tho Missouri high plains. Cuba, (Gundlach.) Greenland, (Rcinhardt.) 



The wings are long ami pointed ; the second longest ; the first a little longer than the tliird. 

 The tail is slightly cmarginate and scarcely rounded. The size of specimens varies considerably ; 

 tliiKs, in one (4045) tlie wiiijj measures .40 of an inch more than tlio type selected, (1545.) 

 Specimens generally from the Mississippi valley appear larger than more eastern ones. 



The young birds in the autumnal dress are very different from the spring. The upper parts 

 are light olive green, obsoletely streaked with brown ; bencatli greenish yellow, obsoletely 

 streaked on the breist and sides, the under tail coverts pure wliite, a yellowish ring round the 

 eye, and a superciliary one of the same color. In this dress it is scarcely possible to distinguish 

 it from the immature D. caslanea. The differences as far as tangible will be found detailed 

 under the head of the latter species. 



List of specimens. 



Locality. 



When col- 

 lected. 



Carlisle.Pa May 17,1»44 



do Sept. 16,1:43 



, do May 17,1843 



Philadelphia ' Autumn 



Wajjhington | May 23,1843 



Cleveland, Ohio Aututnn 



West Northlicid, III.... May 16,1855 



South Illinois I May 13, 



Independence, Mo May 27,1857 



.do .May 26,1657 



Nebraska May 12,- 



, do ' May 11,- 



do do.. 



do ' do.. 



Mouth of Vermilion . . . . ! May 6, - 



Cedar Island . . 



do 



Tortugas, Fla . 

 do 



May 12,- 

 May 10,- 

 April 26, - 

 do.. 



Whence obtained. 



S. F. Baird 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Dr. Kirtlaiid 



K. Kennicott 



do 



Wm. M. Magravv.. 



.do . 



Lt. Warren ..... 



do , 



do , 



......do 



do 



do 



do 



G. Wurderaann. 

 do 



Grig. 

 No. 



Collected by- 



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27 



Wm. M. Haird. 



Dr. Cooper. 



Dr. Hayden. 



do 



do 



do , 



do , 



do ... . 



do 



Length.; Stretch 

 ofwings. 



5.75 

 5.50 

 5.58 



5.50 

 5.00 

 5.25 

 5.25 

 5.25 

 5. .50 

 5.75 



9.00 

 8.75 

 8.33 



9.12 



9.00 

 8.62 

 9.00 

 8.75 

 8.37 

 9.25 

 9.25 



Wing. 



3.00 



3.00 



3.12 

 2.75 

 3.12 

 3.00 

 3.25 

 3.25 

 3.23 



Remarks. 



Iris browh; bill bl'k & 

 lead color; feet yei. 



Iris brown ; bill black; 

 feet brownish. 



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