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and primary-coverts duskj-, externally ashy olive ; quills dusky 

 brown, externally washed with olive, the secondaries more broadly, 

 the first primary edged with ashy whitish ; tail-feathers pale dusky 

 brown, externally olive and narrowly fringed with whitish near the 

 tips of the inner web ; along the centre of the crown a broad stripe 

 of ochreous buff, rather clearer ochreous on the nape, and laterally 

 bordered with a broad band of black from the base of the nostrils 

 to the nape, and followed by another broad superciliary streak of 

 ochreous buff; eyelid and sides of face ochreous buff, slightly shaded 

 with olive-brown on the ear-coverts, and the cheek-feathers tipped 

 with dusky ; in front of the eye a dusky spot, and along the upper 

 edge of the ear-coverts a streak of black, the anterior and posterior 

 margin of the eyelid being likewise black ; sides of neck ashy olive ; 

 under surface of body light ochreous buff, very pale and inclining to 

 buffy white on the centre of the abdomen ; under tail-coverts also 

 pale buffy white, with dusky ashy-olive bases ; thighs ochreous buff; 

 sides of breast and flanks distinctly olive; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts clear yellowish buff; quills dusky below, ashy along 

 the edge of the inner web : " bill blackish brown above, greenish 

 grey beneath ; iris hazel " {Audubon). Total length 4-7 inches, 

 culmen 0'6, wing 2-75, tail 2"15, tarsus 0"7. 



Adult birds in winter seem to be rather deeper buff on the under 

 surface of the body ; but there is really very little difference in the 

 colouring of the species at the various seasons of the year. iSome 

 have the buff stripes on the head a little lighter and clearer ochreous, 

 but as a rule summer and winter plumages are alike. 



A nestling, lent to the Trustees by Mr. H. K. Coale of Chicago, is 

 reddish brown above, the head more dingy than the back, with a broad 

 central streak of pale ochreous buff, and a streak of the same colour 

 along the sides of the crown, widening out on the nape ; wing-coverts 

 dusky blackish, narrowly edged and broadly spotted at the tips with 

 pale ochreous buff ; quills dusky, margined with yellowish olive like 

 the primary-coverts and bastard-wing ; entire under surface of body 

 clear ochreous buff, whiter on the centre of the abdomen. 



Hah. Xorth America : Eastern United States, rather southerly, 

 but north regularly, casually to Maine ; west to Kansas, Missouri, 

 and the Indian Territory ; breeds throughout its U.S. range ; winters 

 in Florida {Coues). Winters in Central America from Mexico to 

 Panama {S. Sf G.). Cuba ; Jamaica. 



a. Ad. sk. North America (Bell). Sclater Collection. 



b. S ad. sk. Maple, Pa., June 12 {H. R. B. Sharps, Esq. [P.]. 



K. Cuale). 



c. 2 ad. sk. St. Louis Count v, Missoiui, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. fP 1 



:Siaj ■22 (U.K. Coale). 



d,e. S 2 ad. sk. Brookville, Ind., May (A. U.S. Nat. Museum rP.l. 



W. Butler), 



f. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



ff. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Sclater CoUectioD, 



h, i. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Gould Collection. 



k. Ad. sk. Guatemala. J. Gould, Esq. 



/. Ad. sk. Chiriqui, Veragua (Arc^). Sclater Collection. 



in. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Sclater Collection. 



