69. SPIZEILA. ggg 



Adult male General colour above rufous, the feathers of the 

 mantle and back narrowly streaked with black down the centre and 

 with pale margms; lower back and rump uniform ashy brown 



SZZ71T1 S >f y f 6J l mediaQ aUd §Teater -verts' blackTh,' 

 externally edged with rufous-brown, and slightly tipped with white 

 forming a double wing-bar; the innermost coverts externally Sous 

 like the scapulars ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blacklh 

 bro Wn , edged externally with pale rufous-brown, more dS 

 rufous on the secondaries, the primaries edged with hoary "rev 

 upper tail-coverts ashy brown ; tail-feathers light brown, edged with 

 ashy brown, the outer ones fringed with white round the end of the 

 inner web ; crown of head uniform pale chestnut; base of forehead 



2;£: h ; nd r k mo f ashy like the sides ° f ^ -cL loTes 



and a distinct eyebrow pale ashy grey ; feathers round eye white • 

 n f\ ! 'f ' ear ' COV / rts ' cheek «> ^d throat pale ashy grey, whiter 

 on the latter; a rufous streak along the upper edge of \'hl ear- 

 covers; ower throat fore neck, and chest pale fulvous-brown- 

 breast and abdomen whiter; sides of body and flanks pale fulvous 

 or isabelhne brown; thighs ashy ; under tail-coverts white : under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills below dusky, ashy whitish 

 along the inner edge : « bill reddish brown or cinnamon-colour feet 

 pale yellowish brown; iris chestnut" (Audubon). Total length 

 4-8 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2-5, tail 2-4, tarsus 07 ° 



Adult female. Resembles the male. Total length 4-8 inches 

 culmen 0-35, wing 2-3, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-65. ' 



lhe adult m winter plumage is more rufous-brown than in 

 summer, with scarcely any ashy on the hinder neck: the head 

 rufous-brown, with a median streak of dull sandy brown alono- the 



abides :? i i face r t[i t y rufeseent : cheeks ' throat > *™™£ 



white 7 P ^^ br ° Wn ' the bl ' easfc and abdom ^ 



Young. Differs from the adult in being striped underneath 



Otherwise it much resembles the winter plumage of the adult but 



Lt °le e ;h dUl e ? r ° Wn; 1 °V heUnder - rf -e°thereis L yellowish 



bSsh ' n ' chest) and sides of hod y streaked with 



Sab. Eastern United States and Southern Canada, west to the 

 Plains, extending into Mexico. 



a. Ad.sk. Mt Camel, Illinois (S. Turner} U.S. Nat. Mus rP 1 



fern. no. 85393). L " J * 



b. Ad. sk. Lake Forest Illinois, April 30, E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



lou (Ji. A. Loale). rp ~| ^ 



c Imm.sk. HalMay, Illinois, Aug. 30, 1878 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. Juv. sk. Halfday,' Aug. 24, 1877 (II. K. €.). R. C B?' Sharpe, Esq. 



e. 6 ad. sk. LigrtgilH Illinois, May 1, 1877 R. C B^' Sharpe, Esq. 



f. 6 ad.sk. Gnmd Crossing, Illinois, March 29, pJb;' Sharpe, Esq. 



loot (Ji. A. V.). rp "i - 1 



