430 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



Sr. riun. Ailiill mall- (Nij. S9.nta, U. 8. Nut. Mus., Wiili-.at.-li Mi.n., rtiili. Miiy Zi. Iwrt; 

 L. E. Itii'kMi'i'ki-r). Aliove (■liicn'OUH-ilriili. iMi'omiiiK KriKliiiilly i><>l"r iiml niori' Mulsh 

 pogtcriurly, linrrcd. Inill8tlnetly, I'ViTywIicn- with a iiioru iluHky tint, thi' KhuTth uf nil 

 tlu! fi'iithiTB lilui'klsli; iinterlorly tin; liiirkiT hIukIi.. iirodumiDutoK. whili- poBt<Tiorly Iho 

 bliiitili pri'viiils; im thi' iiuturior porliciiiH thi.' licht luirs iir" much ri'slrii'tf'il In wlillh. 

 anil of 11 MKiri' orliriii'(Miu!i tint. Tail plain. Vfry piilo. ashy ilnili. nnrri>wly llpp<'ij with 

 ri'iiilisli whitr, this I'lianKine t<i pole rudty on the mldtlh. pair: tho funi-'-alcd purtlon of 

 thr fcatlHTs uutsiili. the shaft show obsolrtv or faint IriuM'S of ilarkor hars. whli-h on the 

 mliiilli' |)uir an' apparently about olovon In number. On the Inner webH the luiler bar* 

 bi'i-onie broader than the darker ones, and inoline to oehriu'enus in tint, the lal<-ral 

 feallier lieiuKedKed extpmally witli thiseolor. Primaries plain ashy drub, with a Imiiry 

 liiiKe,(;r<iwin»; insi-nslbly ilarker terminally, and with a slightly pab-r apb-al murKin. 

 lleuJ and ni'ck above, dark umber-brown, with eonspieuous shaft-streaks of blaek. 

 Lores and broad superciliary stripe (somowliiit interrupted above the eyes) white, finely 

 and sparsely streaked, the two stripes eonllui'nt iwross the oeelput;a broad heavy 

 "musIiK'he" from the lores and rietus downward and oblbiuely baekwards, across the 

 ma.xiiia. and a wider posterior stripe, like the erowu. Beneath continuous white, with 

 a faint ochraeeous tinge on the abdomen and crissuni; abdomi'n and sides of the broa.st 

 with a few scattered, small, ovate spots of vandykc-brown: shies tninsversely spotted 

 with vandyke-brown, the spots coalesced Into a broken pat.di on the Hanks: outsiili' of 

 the tibiie with transverse spots of the same. Axillars plain clear vandyki'-br<pwn, with 

 a few nearly obsolete rusty specks near their ends; linintfof the wini; clear white, the 

 feathers with central spaces of dusky brown, which toward the I'djjc become iieeregated 

 Into a longitudinal luiteh; inner webs of the primaries with broad transvi'rso spots of 

 white, which reach nearly to the shaft; they ari' aliout thirteen In number on the loneest 

 quill. Feet yellow; base of the bill linked willi llie same. WinB, 12.00; tail, 7.6<i; tarsus, 

 l.ao; middle toe, 1.70. 



Ailull O) female (No. lx,258. Fort liuchaiinaM.Xew Me.xli'o; Dr. Irwin): Above contin- 

 uous umber-drab, (jrowliiB Knidually li^'hter posteriorly, the tall being pale drub; no 

 transverse bars (except a few concealed ones on biu'k and secondaries), but all the 

 feathers faintly bordered with paler rusty brown, these edgings on uppi'r tail-coverts 

 almost white. Tail tijiped with creamy white, and with many transverse spots or broad 

 bars of the same on inner webs, outer feathi'r Irregularly skirled with the same, and all 

 decidedly jialer than the ground color along their eilges. Head as in the male, but fore- 

 head white, and superciliary stripe more continuous. Breast and abdomen wjlh longi- 

 tudinal lanceolate or cuneate streaks of dark vaudyke-brown; pat.di of sumo on flanks, 

 more continuous than in the male; axillars unvariegated clear dark vandyki' brown; 

 longest primary with eleven transverse spots of white; posterior outer face of tibiae with 

 .sagittate spots of dark brown. Wing, U.'il: tail. K.(K); tarsus. -.MH; middle toe. 2.00. 



J'oHiiff mn(c (N^. a2.2"7. South Fork of Platte. July 1!>, IS."*: C. S. McCarthy): Above 

 dnrkor umberthan the last, each feather distinctly bordered terminally with rusty ochra- 

 eeous. Beneath with a di'epcrcrcain-colored tinge, streaks blacker; llank-patch more 

 conspicuous and uniform; axillitis unvariegated dusky. Wing. i:}.2.'>; tail. 7.25, 



Adult mciks. A speciiueu rroni Gilmer, Wyoming Terriloi-y, 

 (No. G0,176, U. S. jS'at. Mus. : H. R. Durkee), is veiy simihir 

 to the Walisatcli example describetl above, but being in more worn 

 plumage the markings are not so well (lelinod. The bars are 

 entirely obsolete on the rump, where, however, the bluish ashy 

 is rehevetl by very sharp black shaft-streaks; on the exposed sur- 

 face of the closed tail, the tint is very pale brownish ash, and the 

 bars are almost completely oliliterated. The tints generally partake 

 of a dull ashy character, with httle brown. It measures, wing, 



