1. roDiciPE8. 505 



slijjfbtly tinojftd with rufous, scarcely 

 coutiasting with the superciliary 



plumes ; inner primaries ash-brown . . californicus, p. o3o. 

 i. Fore-neck white, 

 y'. Wing about oS inches ; culmen O'G- 

 0'8 ; outer toe and claw 22. 

 c". Forehead and crown pale mouse- 

 brown ; elongate plumes on sides of 

 head and ear-coverts golden straw . culipareus, p. 53G. 

 d" . Forehead and crown ash ; elongate 

 plumes on sides of head and ear- 

 coverts ash with a slight golden 



tinge juninensi$, p. 538. 



//. Wing about 4'6 inches; cidmen I'lo- 

 1 ••") ; outer toe and claw 2'45 ; fore- 

 head and crown dark ash ; elongate 

 plumes on head and sides of ear- 

 coverts darK ash taczanoicskii, p. 538. 



III. Size largest: culmen from feathers on fore- 

 head to tip l*4-2-4 inches; wing 4'5-8-3*; 

 outer toe and claw 2 8-3-2. 

 E. Humeral feathers dark brown. 



k. Breast and belly didl vinaceous rufous, 

 tipped with silvery; fore-neck white; 



wing 4'5-4-6 inches micropterus, p. 538. 



/. Breast and belly silvery white ; fore-neck 

 chestnut, 

 i"". Size smaller : culmen l'4-l-7 inches ; 



wiQg6-3-7'2; outer toe and claw 2'8 . ffn'seiyena, -p. 539. 

 k'. Size larger: culmen r7-2'4 inches; 



wing 7'2-8'3 ; outer toe and claw 3'2 . holboelli, p. 542. 

 F". Humeral feathers nearly pure white ; lesser 

 wing-coverts forming a ^\•ide white band 

 along the edge of the wing ; a full long 

 occipital crest ; upper neck surrounded by 

 a conspicuous hood cristatm, p. 544. 



Key to the Species in non-breeding plumage. 

 I. Size small : culmen from feathers on forehead 

 to tip less than 1 inch ; wing less than 5 ; 

 outer toe and claw not exceediug 2. 

 A. Sides of head and ear-coverts whitish, buff 

 or dusky ; never streaked. 



a. Primaries ash-brown ; outer webs of se- 



condaries ash-brown, inner webs mostly I Jliaiatilis, p. 507. 

 white I fp/iilippensis, p. oil. 



b. Basal half or more of the inner primaries f capeyisis, p. 513. 



white, rips ash-brown ; outer secondaries | Xalbescens, p. 5 18. 

 white, the terminal part of the outer web { \pelzelni, p. 518. 

 often margined, somerimes widely, with | novce hoUandiee, 

 ash-brown | [p. 519. 



* Jlore than 6 inches long except in P. micropterus. 



t P. tricolor apparently does not assume a non-breeding plumage, the chest- 

 nut throat and neck and the black breast being found throughout the year. 



\ P. (dhcscen? and P. pchclni have not been examined in non-breeding 

 plumage. 



