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the underparts white, tinged with buff on the belly. Total length. 

 9 inches, wing 4-3, tail 3-3, tarsus 1-2, middle toe and claw 1-4. 



Young males and females somewhat resemble the female adult, but 

 most of the feathers of the upper parts and chest have butf shafts ; 

 the wing-coverts, scapulars, and outer secondaries are mostly 

 washed with rufous and finely mottled and marked with black ; the 

 throat, breast, and rest of iinderparts are whitish, the two latter 

 indistinctly marked and barred with dusky ; and the tail with 

 transverse whitish mottlings. The adult feathers usually begin to 

 apjjear fii'st on the sides of the neck and chest. 



Bab. Western States of N. America, ranging north to Washington, 

 south as far as Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, and eastwards to 

 Nevada. Introduced into various parts of the world. 



a-c. (5 2 ad. sk. 



d, e. (J imm. sk. 



et 2 ad. st. 

 /. 2 ad. sk. 

 ff-i. S ad. St. 2 ad. 



et juv. sk. 

 k. S ad. sk. 

 l-p. S 2 ad. sk. 



q, r. c? 2 ad. sk. 



s, ^. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 u,v. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 w-y. juv. et pull. 



sk. 

 z-r>! . S 2 *id. et 



juv. sk. 

 o'-q'. juv. et pull. 



r'-v'. (S 2 ad. sk. 



to'. S ad. sk. 



.r'. 2 ad. sk. 



y'-a".S 2 ad.sk. 



b" . S ad. sk. 



c"-g" . S 2^'i. sk. 



h", i" . S ad. sk. 



k"-m". (S 2 ad. 



•sk. 

 n", o" .(^ 2ad.sk. 



p" s" . Juv. et 

 pull. St. 



Whidley, Washington Terr., 



Dec. \H. W. Henshaiv). 

 California. 



California. 

 California. 



California (C. H. Merriam). 

 Redwood, Cal., April {H. W. 



II.). 

 Big Trees, Santa Cruz, Cal. 



{A. Forrer). 

 Monterey,Cal.,Oct. (H. W.H.). 

 Kernville, Cal., Oct. {H. W. R.). 

 Fort Tejon, Cal., Aug. (/. 



XantHs). 

 Jolon, Cal., Sept., Oct. {H. W. 



H.). 

 Santa Inez, Cal., Sept., Oct. 



[B. W. H.). 

 San Bernardino Co., Cal., Dec. 



(B. W. B.). 

 Ap-ua Caliente, San Bernardino 



Co., Cal, April {R. B. 



Berron). 

 Cohuilla Valley, Cal., April. 



Colton, Cal., April & Dec. {R. 

 B. Berron ^ F. Step/iens). 



San Diego Co., Cal. (C. B. 

 Merriam). 



Ballena, San Diego Co., Cal., 

 Feb., March (F. Stephens). 



Colorado Desert, Cal., April 

 {F. Stephens). 



Cape St. Lucas, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, Sept. (./. Xanti(s). 



Carson, Nevada, Oct., Nov. {B. 

 W. B. Sf E. W. Nelson). 



Zoological Gardens. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Capt. Sir E. Belcher 



fp.]. 

 G. Barclay, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould & Verreaux 



Colls. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godiuan Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



G. F. Morcom, Esq. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Zool. Soc. Coll. 



