62. ZONOTEICHIA. 599 



A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 52 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 93, no. 7378 

 (1870); R. Gray, B. W. Scotl. p. 138, cum tab. (1871); Rowley, 

 P. Z. 8.- 1872, p. 681 ; Pet. Ibis, 1873, p. 29; Baird, Brewer, # 

 Ridyw. B. N. Amer. i. p. 574, pi. 26. tig. 10 (1874) ; Sennett, Bull. 



U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 19 (1878) ; Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. 

 i. p. 127 (1878) ; Maynard, B. Florida, p. 98 (1881) ; Ridyw. Bull. 



U.S. Nat. Mies. no. 21, p. 24 (1881) ; Coues, Check-list N Amer. 



B. p. 57 (1882) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 229(1882) ; B. O. U. 

 List Brit. B. p. 63 (1883) ; Stearns, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas. vi. p. 117 

 (1883) ; Coues, Key Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 382 (1884) ; Turner, Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 240 (1885); Merriam, Auk, ii. p. 65 

 (1885); Ayersb. t. c. p. 281; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. 

 p. 271 (1886) ; Brewst. Auk, iii. p. 101 (l88u) ; Batch, t. c. p. 314 ; 

 Fo.v, t. c. p. 318 ; Seton, t. c. p. 324. 



Adult male in summer plumage. General colour above chestnut, 

 mottled with black centres to the feathers of the neck and mantle, 

 less distinct on the former but more pronounced on the latter, which 

 has also pale rufous spots on the ends of the outer webs ; lower 

 back and rump ashy brown, more distinctly ashy on the latter ; 

 upper tail-coverts reddish brown with ashy edges ; lesser wing- 

 coverts dull chestnut, obscured by ashy margins ; median and 

 greater series blackish, edged with rufous-brown and tipped with 

 white, more distinctly on the median ones, the innermost of both 

 series chestnut, with black centres like the scapulars and back; 

 bastard-wing brown, with olive-brown margins ; primary-coverts 

 dusky brown, edged with light brown ; quills blackish, the primaries 

 edged with olive-brown, whitish towards the ends, the secondaries 

 more broadly edged with chestnut, like the inner greater coverts ; 

 tail-feathers brown, edged with ashy brown, the two centre ones 

 with chestnut ; crown with a median band of white, Hanked with a 

 broad band of black ; lores ashy, surmounted by a spot of bright 

 yellow, succeeded by a broad eyebrow of white along the sides of 

 the crown ; feathers below the eye and ear-coverts ashy grey, 

 streaked with white shaft-lines, and separated from the cheeks by 

 a line of black; from behind the eye a line of black, widening out 

 above the hinder ear-coverts, where there is a small whitish spot ; 

 cheeks and throat white ; lower throat, fore neck, and breast ashy 

 grey, fading off paler towards the abdomen, which is white ; sides 

 of upper breast streaked with chestnut ; lower hanks brown, 

 slightly streaked with blackish ; thighs ashy whitish, washed 

 with olive ; under tail-coverts pale fulvescent, with brown centres, 

 and the long ones tipped with white ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts ashy whitish, washed with olive-yellow, very distinct on 

 the edge of the wing ; (juills dusky below, ashy along the inner web. 

 Total length 6 - 4 inches, culmen - 5, wing 3, tail 2WO, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult male in winter plumage. Preserves the characters of the 

 summer plumage, even to the white throat and bright yellow loral 

 spot, as well as the grey on the chest and face, the ear-coverts being 

 merely slightly washed with rufous; the white streak above the 

 ear-coverts is not so pure as in summer, and is slightly tinged with 

 ashy ; the black on the sides of the crown is slightly washed with 



