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white spot in the centre ; lores black, as well as a narrow eyebrow ; 

 base of forehead white, extending- in a narrow line between the 

 yellow crown and the black eyebrow; eyelid, feathers below the 

 eye, and fore parts of the cheeks, as well as the sides of the throat, 

 black ; ear-coverts, hinder cheeks, and sides of neck white, as well 

 as the adjacent hinder portion of the eyelid ; throat and entire 

 under surface of body white, with a broad band of chestnut extend- 

 ing from the black cheek-patch down the entire side of the body ; 

 the latter and the flanks white, with a tinge of yellow on the lower 

 flanks ; thighs ashy ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, the edge of the wing mottled with small 

 blackish bases to the feathers ; quills dusky below, white along the 

 inner edge : " bill light blue, blackish above ; feet dusky ; iris 

 hazel" (Audubon). Total length 4'-l inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2-5, 

 tail 1*8, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in being more olive-yellow 

 above, less distinctly streaked with black ; the head olive-yellow ; 

 base of forehead, lores, and feathers above the eye pale ashy grey ; 

 the sides of the hinder crown ashy grey, streaked with black ; sides 

 of face and ear- coverts dull white, with a few black marks below 

 the eye ; no other black on the face ; under surface of body white, 

 with a few chestnut streaks on the sides of the body. Total length 

 4-6 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-4, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-75. 



An adult female in the Salvin-and-Godman collection (Distr. 

 Columbia, May 16) has a chestnut streak on the sides of the throat 

 extending to the sides of the upper breast, but not reaching on to the 

 flanks. 



Young in first autumn. Resembles the adult female in wanting 

 the black on the face, and has further no chestnut at all on the 

 Hanks ; the upper surface is olive-yellow, including the head, the 

 black mesial centres to the feathers of the back being mostly con- 

 cealed ; hind neck rather ashy like the sides of the neck ; under 

 surface of body dull white, ashy on the throat and chest ; sides of 

 body ashy brownish. 



The young males may be distinguished from the young females 

 by a slight appearance of black centres to the feathers of the upper 

 surface, and sometimes, before leaving for their winter-quarters, the 

 black on the lores and sides of hinder crown begins to make its 

 appearance 



JIab. Eastern province of North America, United States, and 

 Canada : west only to the edge of the plains, and scarcely north of 

 the United States ; breeds abundantly in New England and doubt- 

 less also in the Middle States ( Coues). Winters in Central America 

 from Mexico to Panama (8. ^- G.). Bahamas. 



a. Ad. st. North America. Purchased. 



6. [ cJ ] ad. sk. North America. Goidd Collection. 



c. c? ad. sk. Pemisvhania {Baird). Sclater Collection. 



d,e,f. 6; ff- 2 Michigan. Prof. J. B. Steere [P.]. 



ad. sk. 



/(. 5 ji"'. sk. Mount Carmel, IlUnois U.S. Nat. Museum [P.]. 

 {S. Turner). 



