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smaller. Total length 9-25 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 8-25, tail 3-75, 

 tarsus 0*6, middle toe with claw 0-85. 



In winter plumage the mantle is distinctly of a more hluish grey 

 than in the Old World bird ; the young in first plumage are also 

 darker. 



Nestling. Upper parts umber-brown, sparingly mottled with 

 blackish brown ; forehead and underparts clove-brown, darker on 

 the throat. The differences between the light warm colour of the 

 European and the dark uncontrasted tint of the American nesthngs 

 are very remarkable. 



Eab. Temperate North America, from the Fur Countries down- 

 wards in summer ; southward to Honduras, Guiana, Peru, and Chili 

 in winter. 



a, b. Juv. sk. 



c. Pull. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 

 e,f,ff- d$ad. sk. 



h, i. $ ad. sk. 



k. S ad. sk. 



/, (S ad. sk. 



»«. 5 ad. sk. 



w. c?; 0. 5 ad.sk. 



p. Ad. sk. 



q. Ad. sk. 



r, s. <S; t. 2 ad. 



sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 

 V. Pull. sk. 



w, .r. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 



s. c? ad. sk. 



a'-h'. S 2 ad. et 

 juv. sk. 



i'-m'. 2 ad. sk. 



n'. <S ad. sk. 



o'. Imm. sk. 



p'. (S imm. sk. 



New York State, Aug. (Hen- 



shaw Coll.). 

 St. Clair Flats, Michigan ( W. 



H. Collins). 

 Indiana, May 7 (Hensh. Coll.). 

 Grass Lake, Illinois, June 



{Hensh. Coll.).^ 

 Riverdale, Illinois, July {H. 



W. IIe7ishaiv). 

 Waukegan, 111., June {Hensh. 



Coll.). 

 KoshkonoDgLake, Wisconsin, 



July. 

 Minnesota, off nest, June {A. 



Stark). 

 Pembina, Dakota, June (Dr. 



Elliott Coues). 

 49th ParaUel, May 27, 1874. 



Centraha, Kansas, May. 

 W^ashoe Lake, Nevada, May, 



Sept. {H. W. H.). 

 Arizona, Aug. {H. W. H). 

 Cold Springs, California, July 



[H. W.H.). 

 San Jacinto Lake, Cal., Aug. 



(H. W. H). 

 California (Hepburn). 

 Cape Canaveral, Florida, 



Aug. (Hensh. Coll.). 

 Corpus Christi, Texas, May- 

 June (ad.), Nov. (juv.) 



(F. B. Armstrong). 

 Brownsville, Texas, May (F. 



B. A.). 

 Matamoras, N.E. Mexico, 



Aug. 11, 1863 (^. RD.). 

 Laguna Verde, Vera Cruz, 



Mexico, Sept. {M. Tru- 



jillo) . 

 Putla, Vera Cruz, Oct. (Bou- 



card). 



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Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Dr. T. M. Brewer 



[P.]. 

 H. Saxmders Coll. 



Salvin-Godman and 

 H. Saunders Colls. 



N. Anier. Boundary 

 Commission [C.]. 



H. Saunders CoU. 



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Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. Saunders Coll. 

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