502 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



black ; back streaked with black, 

 grayiwh, and graj-ish white ; sides 

 of head and lower parts while, the 

 sides and flanks broadly- streaked 

 with black, and sides of throat 

 with a series of blended black 

 streaks, converging to an angle 

 on chin. Adult female: Abave 

 olive or olive-grayish, e'very- 

 whcro streaked with black ; be- 

 neath white (usually tinged with 

 olive-yellowish anteriorly), and 

 streaked laterally with duskj-. 

 Young in first autvmn : Like cor- 

 responding stage of D. castanea, 

 but under tail-coverts pure 

 white, upper tail-coverts and 

 edges of quills olive or olive- 

 greenish, and lower parts rather 

 olive-yellowish, or dirty sulphur- 

 yellow, than buffy. Young : 

 Above dull grayish, everywhere 

 streaked with black ; beneath 

 dull white, everywhere spotted 

 with black, the spots triangular 

 on breast, etc., but assuming a 

 transverse shape on flanks and 

 belly. Length 5.00-5.75, wing 

 2.80-2.90, tail 2.05-2.25. ^'est on 

 lower branches of coniferous 

 trees (farther north often on 

 ground), rather bulkj-, warmly 

 lined with soft feathers. Eggs 

 .72 X -53, white, creamy white, 

 or light creamy buff", spotted, 

 speckled, or blotched (often 

 wreathed) with brown and lilac- 

 graj', sometimes mi.xed with a 

 few small black specks. ILih. 

 Eastern and northern North 

 America, breeding from north- 

 ern New England, Labrador, 

 etc., to coast of Alaska (north 

 of the peninsula) and of Arctic 

 Ocean ; accidental in Greenland ; 



