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7. Myiadectes townsendi. 



Ptilogonys townsendi, Audub. B. Amer. pi. 419. fig. 2 ; id. Orn. Biogr. 

 V. p. 206 (1839) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 366, no. 5572 (1809). 



Myiadestes townsendi, .^"«c/"6. B. Amer. 8vo, i. p. 243, pi. 69 (1839); 

 'Cab. Arch. f. Xaturq. 1847, p. 208 ; Sd. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 5, 1858, 

 p. 97 ; Baird, B. x! Amer. p. 321 (1858) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 47, 

 (1862) ; Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 429 (1864) ; Coues, Ibis, 1865, 

 p. 60 ; Cooper, Orn. Calif, p. 134 (1879) ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. 

 p. 117, fig. 57 (1872); id. B. N.-West, p. 93 (1874); Baird, 

 Brexcer, S, Kidqiv. X. Amer. B. p. 409 (1874) ; Coues, B, Color. 

 Vail. p. 44 (1878); Hensh. Zool. Expl. W. lOOth Merid. p. 231 

 (1878) ; Ridgic. U.S. Xat. Mm. no. 21, p. 12 (1881). 



Culicivora townsendi, DeKay, Xat. Mist. X. Y. ii. p. 110 (1844). 



Myiadectes townsendi, Salv. (^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 

 p. 40 (1879). 



Adult. General colour above dull ashj grey, slightly varied with 

 brown centres to the feathers of the head ; Iqsser wing-coverts like 

 the back ; median and greater series brown, edged with the same 

 colour as the back, the greater coverts narrowly tipped with white ; 

 bastard wing and primary- coverts broAvn, the latter lighter brown 

 near the base ; quills brown, with a patch of ochraceous buff near the 

 base ; the inner primaries with a second patch of ochraceous buff near 

 the end of the feather, which is light ashy brown on the secondaries, 

 the innermost of which are edged and tipped with whitish ; two 

 centre tail-feathers light brown, the remainder dark brown, the 

 penultimate feather having a wedge-shaped spot of white at the tip, 

 much larger on the outermost feather, where the greater part of the 

 outer web is white, extending diagonally across the end of the inner 

 web ; round the eye a ring of white feathers, in front of which is a 

 blackish loral spot ; the lores and feathers above the front of the 

 eye slightly tinged with rusty ; ear-coverts dull ashy grey like the 

 head ; under the eye a shade of black ; cheeks and throat hoary 

 grey, lighter than the rest of the under surface, which is dull ashy 

 grey, lighter on the centre of the breast and abdomen, the lower 

 part of which is whitish ; thighs ashy brown ; under tail-covei'ts 

 ashy brown, broadly edged with white ; axiUaries and under wing- 

 coverts ashv brown, tinged with fulvous and tipped with white ; 

 quiUs dusky brown below, very pale tawny buff at the base of the 

 inner web. Total length 8 inches, cuLmen 0-6, wing 4-4, tail 3-85, 

 tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total length 

 7'75 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 4-65, tail 3'7, tarsus 0-75. 



Younij. Speckled at first like a very young Thrush ; each feather 

 with a triangular or rounded spot of duU ochraceous or tawny, edged 

 with blackish. {Coues.) 



Townsend's Solitaire inhabits the iliddle and Pacific provinces of 

 the United States, but does not penetrate far into Mexico. 



«, 6. (5 5 ad. sk. West side of RocJcy J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



Mountains. 



