75. PASSERELLA. 719 



pp. 3, 181 (1880) ; Cones, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 58 (1882) ; Bean, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. pp. 158, 173 (1882) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. 

 B. 2nd ed. p. 385 (1884) ; Anthony, Auk, iii. p. 169 (1886) ; A. O. 

 U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 282 (1886). 

 Passerella iliaca, Nelson, Cruize U.S. ' Concin,' p. 72 (1883). 



Adult male. General colour above uniform chocolate-brown with 

 somewhat of a rufous shade, especially towards the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, the latter decidedly dark chestnut ; lesser wing-coverts 

 like the back ; median and greater coverts dusky brown, externally 

 reddish brown or dark chestnut ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts 

 blackish, with a slight reddish tint on the outer web ; quills blackish, 

 the primaries edged with brown, the secondaries reddish brown or 

 dark chestnut on the outer web ; tail-feathers blackish, externally 

 edged with reddish brown ; crown of head like the back ; lores 

 dusky, mottled with white ; a faintly indicated ashy eyebrow ; ear- 

 coverts dull chestnut-brown, varied on the fore part with whitish 

 shaft-streaks ; cheeks and throat also reddish or chestnut-brown, 

 slightly varied with white on the fore part of the cheeks and throat ; 

 on the lower throat a patch of white ; remainder of under surface of 

 body thickly mottled, the feathers being reddish brown or blackish 

 at the ends, with a subterminal white bar ; breast and abdomen rather 

 whiter, with smaller spots of black ; sides of body aud flanks and 

 thighs uniform che3tnut-brown ; under tail-coverts sandy rufous, with 

 blackish centres ; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy brown, 

 with fulvous edges ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. 

 Total length 6*8 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-3, tail 2 - 8, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but not quite so strongly 

 marked. Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3*15, tail 2'7, 

 tarsus 095. 



Hah. Pacific coast-region, from Kodiak south in winter to 

 Southern California ; breeds north of the United States (A. 0. U. 

 Check-list, I. c). 



a. Ad. sk. Sirniakmoo (Dr. Kennerley). Sclater Coll. 



b. <S ad. sk. Orcas Island. Dr. Lyall [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Fort Vancouver, W. T., Jan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1854 (Dr. J. G. Cooper ; 

 Sm. no. 6239). 



d. S ad. sk. Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Nov. 15 (A. Forrer). 



e. <$ ad. sk. Fort Klamath, April 11, 1883 U.S. Nat. Museum. 



(Capt. Bendire ; Sm. no. 



94848). 

 /. Ad. sk. N. California. Sclater Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. California. Purchased. 



h. Ad. sk. Big Trees, California (I. Bel- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



dine/ ; Sm. no. 73943). 

 i. ($ ad. sk. Fort Whitney, California, Oct. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



11, 1875 (H. W. Henshaw; 



Sm. no. 72229). 

 k. 2 ad. sk. Walker's Basin, California, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Nov. 5, 1875 (II. W. Hen- 



shaw; Sm. no. 72225). 



