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white, with blackish streaks on the sides of the face, throat, and 

 breast, the latter broader and more arrow-shaped ; the sides of the 

 breast distinctly barred with black ; axillaries with only a few 

 blackish bars : " bill black ; feet bright yellow ; iris dark brown " 

 (R. liidr/tva >/). Total length 9 inches, culmen 1*4, wing 6 - 4, tail 

 2 # 45, tarsus l - 9. 



Young after first moult. Much more mottled than the winter 

 plumage of the adult, which it otherwise resembles, all the feathers 

 having spots or notches of brownish white on the margins ; the 

 throat aDd chest minutely streaked with ashy brown, and the sides 

 of the breast mottled with larger spots of ashy brown ; axillaries 

 almost entirely white, with scarcely any evidences of dusky bars. 



Hab. North America, breeding in the cold temperate and sub- 

 arctic districts of the northern continent ; migrating south in winter 

 as far as Buenos Ayres and Chili. Much rarer in the Western than 

 in the Eastern provinces of North America. Accidental in Europe 

 (Ridgway), 



a, b. Ad. et juv. 



c. Ad. sk. 



(I. J ad. sk. 

 e. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 



ff. Ad. sk. 

 h, i, k. Ad. sk. 

 /. Juv. sk. 

 m. Juv. sk. 



n. Juv. sk. 



o, p. I mm. sk. 

 q. Juv. sk. 

 r, s. d 2 a< b sk- 

 /. 2 ad. sk. 



u-z. J ad. ; a', ad. 2 



sk. 

 b'-d'. rf ad. ; e. 2 



ad. sk. 



f-h'. $ ad. sk. 

 '". Ad. sk. 

 k'-ri. $ 2 ad. sk. 



St. Michael's, Alaska (E. 



W. Nelson: Hensh. Coll.) 



Fort Reliance, May 7 (E. 



IV. Nelson: Hensh. Coll.), 

 Hudson's Bay, May 17. 

 Hudson's Bay. 

 Grand Menan, New Bruns- 

 wick, Aug. 19 (H H. 

 Herrick : Hensh Coll.). 

 New Brunswick (Bell). 

 Fort Simpson, May. 

 49th Parallel (G. 'Dawson). 

 Souris River, Dakota, Aug. 

 10 (E. Coues: Hensh. 

 Coll.). 

 Chief Mountain, Montana, 

 AiiL r . 10 (E. Cones: 

 Hensh. Coll.). 

 Massachusetts (H. W. 



Henshaw). 

 Cornell, 111., Sept. (E. W. 



Nelson : Hensh. Coll.). 

 Rigolets, Louisiana, March, 



April (Hensh. Coll.). 

 San Antonio, Texas, April 



23 (H. E. Dresser). 

 Brownsville, Texas, March, 

 April (/•'. />. Armstrong). 

 Corpus Christi, Texas, 

 .March (F. B. Arm- 

 ■<tr</>if/). 

 Bermuda, April, May, Sept. 

 Mexico. 



Atotonilco, Huejotzingo, 

 M"\ico, April (Ferntri- 

 Perez). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Sir G. Back [C.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 B.R.Ross, Esq. [P.]. 

 N. A. Bound. Comm. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Capt.SavileReid[C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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