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on each side the throat from the chin to the sides of the neck, where it runs into a close patch of black streaks continued along 
the breast and sides to the root of the tail. Outer two tail feathers with an oblique patch on the inner web near the end; the 
others edged internally with white. Female similar, except that the upper parts are olivaceous and, even on the crown, streaked 
with black ; the white on the sides and across the breast tinged with yellowish ; a ring of the same round the eye cut by a dusky 
line through it. Length of male, 5.75; wing, 3; tail, 2.25. 
Hab.—Eastern North America to the Missouri high plains. Cuba, (Gundlach.) Greenland, (Reinhardt. ) 
The wings are long and pointed ; the second longest; the first a little longer than the third. 
The tail is slightly emarginate and scarcely rounded. The size of specimens varies considerably ; 
thus, in one (4645) the wing measures .40 of an inch more than the type selected, (1545.) 
Specimens generally from the Mississippi valley appear larger than more eastern ones. 
The young birds in the autumnal dress are very different from the spring. The upper parts 
are light olive green, obsoletely streaked with brown; beneath greenish yellow, obsoletely 
streaked on the breast and sides, the under tail coverts pure white, a yellowish ring round the 
eye, and a superciliary one of the same color. In this dress it is scarcely possible to distinguish 
it from the immature D. castanea. The differences as far as tangible will be found detailed 
under the head of the latter species, ’ 
List of specimens, 
Catal. Sex. Locality. | When col- Whence obtained. | Orig.) Collected by— Length | Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. | | leeted. No. of wings. 
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1545 | G | Carlisle, Pa........000 | Mayr 1731844). Fe Balirdsavaisten |tce eee toseiseceeceeins'se ss 5:75:|| /900)}, S00 t.cceees aeaiaaasgaaens 
TOBE vb castes doves csawns steers | Sept. 16,1842 ]...... dO jactect avictens)|haasinll ema canis 5.50] 8.75 as ce eesaveasuanes ier 
78 Q sevees CO) ssssetscaseccsee| May 175 1843'|iccee 5.58 8.33 
916 | © | Philadelphia........... | Autumn ..... Bo eneweoce se renee tees ee ee teeee eens 
702 | Q | Washington. ..........| May 23,1842 a 
Wad 8 Cealsiste Cleveland, Ohio.,...... Autumn...... esi ole Waslesivelielsie erfevccceces[ccccecvveccccccoceuace 
neta West Northfield, Ill....| May 16,1855 wees 
GO | South Iilinois.......44. | May 13,— slasacuansuaer bese unsere 
8310 |...00e {ndependence, Mo..... | May 27,1857 Iris browh; bill bl’k & 
| lead color; feet yel. 
SS0CM Maisie oc livaeeats do | 26, 1857 Iris brown ; bill black; 
feet brownish. 
4648 G | Nebraska 
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4649 | @ | Mouth of Vermilion....) 
4647 | G | Cedar Island,.......+.+ 
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6501 | ¢ Tortugas, Fla .....eeeee 
6502 | JF er dOytenco espooon 
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