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coverts a ruff of brown feathers, thickly mottled with median longi- 

 tudinal streaks of white, this ruff crossing the throat, and separating 

 the whitish chin from the fore neck, the latter having a few reddish 

 markings ; rest of under surface of body white, broadly streaked 

 with rufous, the flanks with a slight tinge of yellow ; leg-feathers 

 yellowish white; under tail-coverts white, with a few streaks of 

 rufous ; under wing-coverts light orange, the outermost inclining to 

 rufous, the greater series yellowish at base, ashy brown at tips, re- 

 sembling the inner lining of the wing, which is ashy brown, with 

 a few bars of yellowish white near the base of the quills ; bill black. 

 Total length 8 inches, wing 6-1, tail 3-7, tarsus 0-85. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 6-5 inches, 

 wing 5*75, tail 3-5, tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. North America, ranging into Mexico. 



a. Ad. st. North America. Zoological Society. 



b. Ad. sk. North America. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. North America. John Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Komux Island. Dr- Lyall [0.]. 



e. 2 'id. sk. West side of Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.l. 



f. S ad. St. West side of Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 'ff. 2 ad. St. West side of Rocky Mountains. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.J. 

 h. Ad. sk. Western Mexico. Purchased. 



