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PODICirEDIDj;. 



Young in doivn. General colour above dark brown, longitudinally 

 striped witb white ; the head and neck handsomel)- marked with 

 black and white : a chestnut spot in the middle of the crown, and 

 two chestnut bands across the nape : chin, throat, breast, and belly- 

 white, shading into greyish brown on the sides and flanks. 



Yomiff birds resemble the adult in winter plumage, but may be 

 recognized by the dark brown markings on the sides of the head 

 and throat which are characteristic of the young in down, and by 

 the bill which, though as long as that of the adult, is not nearly so 

 deep. 



Four adult examples from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in the fullest 

 breeding-plumage (apparently three males and a female), differ 

 from any other examples I have examined in having the black of 

 the chin and throat more extended and covering the upper part of 

 the fore-neck. They have, moreover, the crown and back of the 

 neck nearly black, and the cheeks and sides of the head brownish 

 black. 



In the large series of birds before me no other example has the 

 black throat-patch extending on to the fore-neck, but an old male from 

 Central Chili has the black on the hind-neck nearly as strongly 

 marked and the sides of the head of nearly as dark a brown. 

 The same remarks apply to an old bird, apparently a female, from 

 Earbados. 



I do not believe that the birds from Atitlan represent a distinct 

 form, but am of opinion that the differences in plumage are due to 

 age. 



It must be noted that the males of this species are very consider- 

 ably larger than the females. 



Hub. The same as that of the genus. 



Culmen. Wing, 



in. in. 



a. Pull. sk. . . North America. 



b. Ad. sk. 0-7 4-7 49th Parallel, May 3. 



c. Ad. sk. 005 4-6 49th ParaUel, Oct. 3. 



d. Ad. sk. 0-8o 6-3 New Brunswick, Sept. 29. 



e. cJ ad. sk. 0-85 5-2 New Haven, Connecticut, 



Sept. 30 (A. J. Dayan). 



f. $ juv.sk. 07 4-6 New Haven, Sept. 25 (^. 



J. D.). 



g. (S ad. sk. 0-85 5-3 New Haven, Oct. 11 {A. 



J. D.). 

 h. S ad.sk. 0-75 6-3 New Haven, Oct. 11 (.4. 



J. D.). 

 i. (S juv. sk. 0"8 5-2 New Haven, Nov. 1 {A. 



J. I).), 

 k. S juv. sk. 0'85 5-2 Sing Siag, New York, 



Sept. 16 ( C. H. Merrinm). 

 I. Ad. sk. 07 4'8 Locust Grove, New York, 



Nov. 26 (C. H. M.). 

 m. Ad.sk. 085 54 Locust Grove (C'.i. .5 ayy). 



Purchased. 

 North- A merican 



Bound. Comm.[P.]. 

 North-American 



Bound. Comm.rP.l. 

 Capt.S. G. Reid[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sah-in-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



