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the nasal plumes and lower half of lores, and an indication of a 

 stripe backwards, white ; the red ou the breast only tips the feathers, 

 the yellow basal portion of the central ones and the smoky-grey 

 feathers on the sides of the breast with their stripes and sagittate 

 black markings showing clearly through. Total length 7-5 inches, 

 culmen 1-07, wing 4-85, tail 3, tarsus 0-83; toes (without claws)— 

 outer anterior 0-55, outer posterior 0-6, inner anterior 0-43, inner 

 posterior 0-25. 



Adult female. Resembles the adult male, but has the red less 



spread over the breast. Total length 7-5 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 



4-95, tail 3-23, tarsus 0-83, 



Young. Differ materially from the adult, and resemble the young 



of S. nuchalis and of S. varius. They may be distinguished from the 



latter by their darker and more uniform head and the total absence, 



or only the slightest possible indication, of a white superciliary stripe. 



Even in this plumage there is a slight suffusion of red on the head 



and neck, and sometimes on the chest. 



Hah. Pacific-coast region of the United States, from Southern 



Alaska * into California as far as the San Bernardino Mountains. 



a. Juv. sk. 



b,c. Ad. ;f/. Juv.sk. 

 e. Ad. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 

 g. Ad. sk. 

 h, i, k. S ad. -,1.^; 

 tn, n. 5 juv. sk. 



o. Juv. sk. 

 p. Imm. sk. 

 q,r. c? 5 ad. sk. 



s, t, u. cJ ad. sk. 



V, w. Ad. sk. 



X. Ad. sk. 



y. Juv. sk. 



2. (S ad. sk. 



a'. $ ad. sk. 



b', c'. 2 ad. sk. 



d'. Ad. sk. 



[Behring Straits.] 



British Cokimbia. 



Fort Rupert, British Co- 

 lumbia. 



Vancouver Island. 



St. Juan. 



Fort Klamath, Oregon, April, 

 July, Aug. (C. E. Bendire, 

 Hensh. Coll.). 



California. 



California. 



Greenwood V., Eldorado City, 

 California {A. Forrer). 



Jolon, California, Oct. {Hen- 

 shaw). 



Nevada, Cal, Sept., Oct. {E. 

 W. Nelson). 



Stocton, Cal., Dec. (Z. Bel- 

 dim/). 



Big Trees, Cal., Aug. {L. 

 Beldiny) . 



Keroville, Cal., Oct. {Hen- 

 shaw). 



San Luis, Obispo, Cal., Oct. 

 (Hensknw). 



Nicasio, Marin Co., Cal., 

 Oct. {Henskaw). 



San Mateo, Cal., April {^A. 

 Forrei-). 



Capt. Kellett & Lieut. 



Wood [P.]. 

 J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Earl Russell [P.]. 

 Dr. Lyall [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Coll. 



[S.-G.]. 



* This species may be found even further nortli, as tliere is in the Collection 

 a specimen labelled "Behring Straits {Capfs. Kcllctf l^- Wood);" but there is 

 no certainty that the specimen was procured actually in the Straits. 



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