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with dusky brown towards tho basal margin of the inner web ; the 

 third feather with a wedge-shaped mark of white near the end of 

 the inner web ; crown of head like the back, with dusky centres to 

 the feathers, mostly concealed ; the forehead more golden yellow, 

 mottled with black ; a broad superciliary band of golden yeUow 

 from the base of the bill to the sides of tho nape ; sides of neck 

 also golden yellow ; in front of the eye and behind the latter a 

 dusky spot, the anterior and posterior edge of the eyelid also dusky ; 

 upper and lower margins of eyelid, sides of face, and cheeks golden 

 yeUow, the ear-coverts washed with dusky olive ; throat and fore 

 neck entirely black, descending on to the sides of the breast, 

 where, however, the feathers are edged with ashy; breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts white, the breast washed with yellow, as well 

 as the sides of the vent ; thighs ashy ; sides of the body broadly 

 streaked with black ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; 

 quills dusky below, white along the edge of the inner web: "bill 

 black ; feet dusky ; iris hazel " (Audubon). Total length 4-6 inches, 

 culmen O-o, wing 2-35, tail 2, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Much more dingy in colour than the male and 

 withoiit the black central streaks on the back ; the frontal mark, 

 eyebrow, and sides of face paler yellow ; the throat yellow, obscuring 

 the black with yellow edges to the feathers, the fore neck and sides 

 of the breast having the black feathers tipped with ashy. Total 

 length -i-i inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-3, tail 1-85, tarsus 0-7. 



Some of the old females have the upper throat pure yellow, with- 

 out any admixture of black bases (ex. in mvs.Salvin and Godman). 



Thoadult male in ivinter only differs from the summer plumage 

 in having the small black centres to the feathers of the head and 

 back more obscure, the secondaries more broadly edged with hoary 

 white, and the black feathers of the throat fringed with yellow or 

 ashy. 



Many specimens appear to lose these marks of winter plumage 

 before returning to their summer-quarters, and considerable variation 

 is observable in a series in the extent and breadth of the black 

 markings on the sides of the body. 



In the Salvin-and-Godman collection is a specimen from Bar- 

 ranca, Costa Rica (Carmiol), shot in March, which has no patch of 

 o-olden yellow on the forehead, the latter being dark olive-yellow 

 like the head, with conspicuous black centres to the feathers. It 

 has also a black auricular mark like D. fownsendi, but the head is 

 more like that of D. virens. It is perhaps a hybrid between the two. 



Young. Eesembles the adult female in general coloration, but 

 has the black of the underparts entirely obscured by yellowish ashy 

 tips to the feathers. In young males, before leaving for their 

 winter-quarters in September, the black bases are more prominent 

 than in the young females, not being thoroughly hidden by the 

 pale ends of the feathers. 



Bab. Eastern province of United States and temperate British 

 America. West only to the edge of the plains (Missouri, Kansas, 

 Indian Territory, and Texas). North casually to Greenland. Breeds 

 in the higher portions of the Middle States and from New England 



