•KJO Bines OF ILLINOIS. 



AfliiralricapiUuii var. ji/rirt(u/uii (part) UlDdW. in II. 1!. 4 It. Hint. X. .\ni. It. ill. lici. 

 2;iK,-^39, 210 (adult). 



Had. Norllii-ri) North Amt-riiMi (u.xi't'pt coaHt of Alauka, raitt and Houtti of KudlakI: 

 Boutli in winter ai'roK» crcalrr pari of th(> United Btutvs (I'aolllc ooaDt «xo(.'iiti-.l). Iiroed- 

 InRc'liii'lly north of tho United Stut^js. Iltoprosonted In the Puclfl<- provini'c by A. 

 alricnpilhm slriatuhm IttDow.) 



Sp. Chak. ylr/ii// iho/c (No. -14.940, BoHton.MaMH. : E. A. SamuelH). Above conlinuouB 

 l)IiiiHh slate, HhuftH of tho feathers ineonspieuously bhtek. Tail darker and less bluish, 

 tipped with wliite (about .IS of an ineh wiilei anil erossed by live broad, faintly defined 

 bars of blaiki.-<h. these most distinct on inner webs; the first eoneenled by the upper 

 eoverts, the seeonil partially so; the lasl, or snbterminal one. whieh is about twiee iu> 

 broad as tho rest, measuring about one inch in wiillli. Primaries darker than the tail 

 (but not approaehint; bhuk). Forehead, crown, oei'iput, and ear-coverts pure plumbeous 

 black, feathers snow-white beneath the surface, much e.\posed on tho occiput; abroad 

 conspicuous supra-auricular stripe oriKinatinK above the posterior antcio of tho eye, 

 runuine back over th<^ oar-covort.s to tho occiput, pure white, with line streaks of black; 

 lores and cheeks tirayish white. Lower parts whiti'; the whole surface (except throat 

 and lower tail-covertsi covered with numerous narrow transverse bars of slate: on tho 

 breast these are much broken and irregular. forminK lino transverse zlK7.aes; pos- 

 teriorly they are more roKUlar. and about .10 of an inch wide, the white a very little 

 more. Chin, throat, and cheeks without transverse bars, but with very sharp shaft- 

 lines of black; on breast, sides, and abduuien, a median longitudinal broad streak of 

 slate on each feather, the shaft black; on tho tibia>, where the transverse bars are nar- 

 rower and more roKuiar. tho shaft-streaks are also liner; anal rocion finely barred; 

 lower tail-coverts immaculate pure white. Lininc of tho wini; barred more coarsely 

 and Irregularly than the breast; under surface of primaries with while prevailing, this 

 growing more silvery toward the ends; longest (fourth) with six obliciuo transvorso 

 patches of slate, tho outlines of which are much broken. Wing formula, 4,5,3-6-2, 1=10. 

 Wing. 13.00; tail, 9.50; tarsus. 3.70; naked portion, 1.35; middle loo, 2.0O; inner. 1.21; outer. 

 I.;t7; posterior, l.UO. 



Adult fcmnlfi {No. 12.239,Brooklyn.N. Y.: .T. Ackhnrst). Almost precisely similar to 

 the male. Slate above loss bluish; bands on tail more distinct, live dark ones (about .75 

 of an ineli in width) across the brownish slate; indistinct lighter bands indicated on 

 outer webs of primarios.corrosponding with those on inner webs; lores more grayish 

 than in m.ilo; bars beneath more regular; longitudinal streaks blacker and more sharply 

 dcllncd. Wing,14.25; tjill, 11.25; tarsus, l.(iO-2.2«; middle too, 1.95; inner, 1.40; outcr.1.45; 

 posterior, 1.30. 



roMH|7 niale (No. 26,920, Nova Scotia, June: J. O. Winton). Plumage \ory much vari- 

 egated. Head above, nape, and anterior portion of the back, ochraceous white. oa<di 

 feather with a median stripe of brownish black, these becoming more tear-shaped on tho 

 nape. Scapulars, back, wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts umber-brown; the 

 feathers with lighter edges, and with large, more or less concealed spots of white, these 

 largest on the scapulars, where they occupy the basal and middle thirds of tho feathers, 

 a band of brown narrower than tlie snbterminal one separating Ihe two areas; upper tail- 

 coverts simihirly marked, but white edges broader, forming conspicuous terminal 

 crcscentic bars. Tail cinereous umber, with five conspicuous bands of blackish brown, 

 the last of which is subterniinal,and broader than tho rest; tip of tail like the pale bands; 

 the bands are most sharply dcllncd on the inner webs, being followed along tho edges by 

 the white of tho odge.whii'h, treciucntly extending along the margin of the back, crosses 

 to tho shaft, and is sometimes even apparent on tho outer web; the lateral feather has 

 the inner web almost c-ntiroly white, this, however, more or less finely motllod with 

 grayish, tho mottling becoming more dense toward the end of tho feather; Ihe bands also 

 cross more obliquely than on the middle feathers. Secondaries grayish brown, with 

 five indistinct, but quite apparent, dark bauds; primaries marked as in the adult, 



