594 FRTNGILLID.E. 



Ridqw. Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 61, pi. 29. figs. 2, 3 (1874) ; Cones, 



B. N.-West. p. 147 (1874); Hensh. Rep. Zool. Expl. 100th Merid. 



p. 295 (1875) ; Coues, Bull. U.S. Ge»l. Sura. iv. p. 597 (1878) ; 



Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 127 (1878) ; McCliesney, Bull. 



U.S. Geol. Surv. v. p. 77 (1880) ; Sennett, t. c. p. 391; Maynard, 



B. Florida, p. 519 (1881) ; Ridgw. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, 



p. 27 (1881) ; Coues, Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 58 (1882) ; Beld- 



ing, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 541 (1883), vi. p. 343 (1883) ; 



Holier, Auk, i. p. 293 (1884) ; Brew, Auk, ii. p. 16 (1885) ; 



Cooke, t. c. p. 32 ; Salvin ty Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 417 (1886). 

 Corydallina tricolor, Audub. Syn. p. 130 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. 8vo, 



hi. p. 195, pi. 202 (1841). 

 Dolichonyx bicolor, Nutt. Man. 2nd ed. p. 203 (1840). 

 Calamospiza melauocorys, Stejn. Auk, ii. p. 49 (1885) ; A. O. U. 



Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 290'(1880) ; Seton, Auk, iii. p. 324 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above sooty black, including the lesser 

 wing-coverts ; the lower row of the latter and median coverts white, 

 forming a broad band ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills black, the latter edged with white, the secondaries 

 more broadly ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers black, the latter 

 with a white spot at the end of the inner web ; sides of face and 

 entire under surface of body black, with white margins to the under 

 tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries black : " bill light 

 blue, upper mandible somewhat dusky along the ridge ; feet and 

 claws reddish brown " {Audubon). Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 

 0*65, wing 3-5, tail 2-45, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 



brown, streaked with darker brown centres to the feathers, which 



have ashy-brown margins on the mantle and upper back ; rump 



more uniform brown ; lesser wing-coverts ashy, with dusky centres ; 



median and greater coverts creamy white, with blackish bases, the 



inner ones brown, edged with sandy buff ; bastard-wing blackish 



brown ; primary-coverts and quills brown, the primaries edged with 



white, as well as some of the outer secondaries, the inner secondaries 



edged with sandy buff ; upper tail-coverts brown, with dusky 



shaft-streaks ; tail-feathers blackish brown, edged with whity 



brown, the outer ones with a white spot at the end of the inner web, 



increasing towards the outermost, which is externally edged with 



white ; crown of head rather more reddish brown, streaked with 



blackish-brown centres to the feathers, the centre of the crown 



rather more ashy ; lores, a narrow eyebrow, and the feathers round 



the eye white ; ear-coverts light brown, whity brown in the centre ; 



cheeks white, with a blackish streak above and below ; throat white, 



the chin black ; sides of neck ashy brown, streaked with blackish 



brown ; remainder of under surface of body white, streaked on the 



fore neck with black shaft- lines ; in the centre of the chest a black 



spot ; lower breast and abdomen uniform white ; sides of body and 



flanks pale brown, rather more broadly streaked with blackish 



brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts white, with black basal marks ; 



under wing-coverts and axillaries brown, edged with ashy brown, 



