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CHARABRIID^:. 



on the latter ; lores whitish, extending above the eye and forming 

 a faint eyebrow ; sides of face and ear-coverts rufescent, with 

 narrow lines of dusky brown ; upper throat whitish ; remainder of 

 under surface vinous cinnamon, paler on the abdomen, the feathers 

 with more or less distinct margins of isabelline white ; lower throat, 

 fore -neck, and chest with narrow blackish longitudinal centres, as 

 on the sides of the neck ; sides of the body with a few narrow bars 

 of dusky brown ; axillaries and under wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous, 

 with dusky-brown bars on the primary-coverts, and to a less extent 

 on the lower greater coverts : " bill black, becoming dull light lilac- 

 brown on the basal half of the mandible ; feet grey ; iris brown " 

 (R. Ridgway). Total length 18 - 5 inches, culmen 5*3, wing 10-5, 

 tail 4, tarsiis 3-2. 



Adult female in summer plumage. Similar to the male, but larger. 

 Total length 21 inches, culmen 7*3, wing 11, tail 3*8, tarsus 3-4. 



Nestling. Buffy yellow, deeper above, tinged with sulphur-yellow 

 below ; upper parts coarsely and irregularly marbled with black : 

 " bill straight, about 1*4 inch long " (R. Ridgivay). 



Adult in winter plumage. Differs from the summer plumage 

 chiefly in its uniform under surface, the streaks on the throat and 

 chest not being developed, and the flanks not barred. 



Young birds may be distinguished from the old ones by the broad 

 white bands on the innermost secondaries, the contrast between 

 the black and light markings on the upper surface being more 

 marked than in the adult birds. The throat and chest are plenti- 

 fully striped with brownish black, the sides of the body having 

 numerous bars of dusky brown, these being also developed on the 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts, where, however, they are 

 generally incomplete. 



Hah. Temperate North America, in winter south to Central 

 America, as far as Guatemala. Cuba ; Jamaica. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



d, e. 6 5 ad. sk. 



/, 9- 6 2 juv. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i. $ ad. sk. 



k. <S ad. sk. 

 /, m, n. Ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 o-s. 3 a d- ; t-w. 



$ ad. sk. 

 r, y. $ ad. sk. 



z. 2 a d- sk. 



a'. 3 ad. sk. 

 h'. $ juv. sk. 



North America. 



49th Parallel, June (G. 



Dawson). 

 Powder River, Montana. 



British Columbia. 



Iowa, May. 



Lyons Falls, N.Y., Jan. 10 



{A.J.Dayan-. Hensh.C'olL). 

 Texas (A. L. Heermari). 

 San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 



(H. E. Dresser). 

 Corpus Christi, Texas, Oct., 



Nov. (F. B. Armstrong). 

 San Patricio, Texas, Dec. 



(F.B.A.). 

 California. 



California 



San Diego, California, D^c. 

 14 (H. W. Henshaw). 



J. J. Audubon [P.]. 

 N. Arner. Boundary 



Comm. [P.]. 

 £. S. Cameron, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 LK.Lc 



J.K. Lord, Esq. [C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Capt. Kellett and 



Lieut. Wood. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



