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blance in this specimen to F. Uucophrys ; which, however, has the ash very 

 much lighter, the black " mustache " obsolete or wanting-, the lower breast pure 

 white instead of deep ochraceous ; the under surface of the primaries plain 

 white, with shallow dusky serrations along the shaft, instead of being heavily 

 barred with dusky ; always has a patcli of rufous on the crown, a conspicuous 

 frontal and superciliary stripe of white, and an entirely differently marked tail. 

 In its much barred tail it also resembles the var. dominieensis to a sliaht 

 extent ; but the latter has the middle feathers also barred, and always has the 

 scapulars, generally the entire dorsal region, heavily barred with black, and 

 the wings, breast, and sides heavily spotted ; the bill is larger, and there 

 is always more or less rufous on the crown. The otlier two specimens are 

 more like tlie average ; they both have a mere trace of rufous on the crown, 

 conspicuous bars on the scapulars, and spots on the wings. No. 5,188 

 (Hibernia, Fla., February 3, 1869) has only a few black specks on the flanks ; 

 the outer tail-feather ashy-white, with seven transverse black spots across 

 inner web. Wing, 6.80 ; tail, 4.80. No. 5,373 (Hawkinsville, Fla., March 

 12, 1869) is similar, but has the flanks distinctly spotted with black, and the 

 outer tail-feather with inner web plain pale rufous, witli only the subter- 

 minal large black spot. Wing, 6.80 ; tail, 4.80. 



A series of ten specimens (five males and five females) from Florida, 

 kindly sent me for examination by Mr. C. J. Maynard, contains nothing but 

 var. sparverius, with a few individuals inclining slightly toward var. isabel- 

 linus. The extreme are measurements of the series as follows : ^ . Wing, 

 6.60 - 6.90 ; tail, 4.50 - 4.70. 9 . Wing, 6.90 - 7.50 ; tail, 4.80 - 5.10. Four 

 out of tlie five males have the deeply ochraceous unspotted breast of var. 

 isabellinus, but all have more or less rufous on the crown, wliile the asli is 

 of that light shade seen in var. sparverius. No. 476 has the ujiper tail- 

 coverts mixed with feathers which are either wholly or partially ash, while 

 the light bands of the outer tail-feathers are much tinged with, the same ; 

 the scapulars are almost wholly fine ash, like the wings, and with heavy 

 black bars. The females likewise all incline toward var. isabcllimts, all 

 having the dark bars above equal to or broader than the rufous ones. No. 

 6,441 is transversely spotted on the flanks with heavy black bars, and is 

 scarcely distinguishable from females of var. claminicensis. 



An adult male labelled as coming from Cuba, but probably from the 

 southeastern United States, in the collection of the Boston Society, is so 

 deeply colored as to strongly resemble the young male of T. sparveroides. 

 There is not a trace of rufous on the crown, which is dark plumbeous ; the 

 lower parts are entirely deep rufous, except the throat, inclining more to 

 ochraceous on tlie tibi« and crissum ; tlie whole lower surface entirely free 

 from spots of any kind. The tail is very uniformly marked, being wholly 

 rufous, except the usual narrow terminal band, or the outer web of lateral 

 feathers, which are white, — the latter with a few indications of black spots 

 near the shaft, — and the usual subterminal zone of black, which is very 



