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becoming greenish on the back and bluish mi the rump. Concealed apots on crown vermillion in the center 

 yellow before and behind. Wings brown, with the feathers whitish edged. Tail nearly black above, brown- 

 ish beneath, with the outer webs of outer feathers 3-ellowish white, throat and upper parts ashy, retnaiader 

 of lower parts yellow, brightest on the abdomen and olivaceous on the back. Dimensions. Length, 9.00 ; 

 stretch, 15. 50 ; wing, 5.00; tail, 3.65 ; bill, .65 ; tarsus, .70. Eggs, similar to those of the Kingbird. Oc- 

 curs throughout Western United States, east to Missouri and Western Minnesota, occasionally straggling 

 eastward, even to New England. 



SAYORNIS SAYA. 

 Say's Phoebe. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form, quite similar to that of the Phoebe but sumewliat larger. In color, paler and more bleached 

 above, with the head scarcely darker than the back, but with the tail very dark brown. Beneath, ashy red, 

 lightest anteriorly, especially on the throat. Rill and feet, wholly black. Length, 7.25; stretch, 12.G0; 

 wing, 4.20 ; tail, i5.70 ; bill, .60 ; tarsus .i»0. Occurs in Western United States, north to the Saskatchewan 

 east to Dakota, south through middle Kansas into Mexico, straggling eastward even to Massachusetts, a 

 specimen having been taken at North Truro, Sej)tember llUth, 188M, by Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr. 



CHORDELIES VIRGINIANUS CHAPMANL 

 Florida Nighthawk. 

 DESCRIPTION. 

 Sub Sp. Cu. Form and general coloration, of the Nighthawk but darker and with rather less suffu- 

 sion of color. Smaller, with the bill proportionately larger. Length, (average) 8.U6 ; stretch, 22.20 ; wing 

 17.66 ; tail, 4.10 ; bill, .25 ; tarsus, .56. Eggs, smaller, from .75 by l.lo to .SO by 1.15. Occurs in summer 

 from the Carolinas, southward, migrating southward in winter. 



HABITS. 



I Ibmid the Florida Nighthawk abundant on Men-ittV Inland and breeding the lirst 

 week in May. The eggs were deposited on clayey spots, destitute of vegetation. The 

 birds are not shy, and the females would sit upon the eggs until I was within a few feel 

 of theni. No material whatever was used in tiie nest, the eggs being deposited in a sliyht 

 depression in the soil 



PICUS VILLOSUB AUDUBONII. 

 Southern Hairy Woodpecker. 



DESCRIPTION. 

 Sp. Ch. Smaller than the Hairy Woodpecker, with the white areas above more restricted. Dimensions. 

 Length, from 8.00 to 8.75 ; stretch, 13.00 to 14.00 ; wing, 4.50 to 5.00; tail, 2.75 to 3.20 ; bill, 1.00 to 1.15 ; 

 tarsus, .60 to 75. Occurs from the Carolinas southward. 



PICUS VILLOSUS LEUCOMELAS. 

 Northern Hairy Woodpecker. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sub Sp. Ch. General coloration similar to that of the Hairy Woodpecker, but with the white areas 

 above more extended and the size is larger. Dimensions. Lengtii, 10..")i) to 1 1.0i»; stretch, 16.00 to 17.00; 

 wing, 5.00 to 5.70; tail, 3.10 to 3.!I0; bill, 1.25 to 1.50; tarsus, I. Id to 1.3(1. Occurs from Northern New 

 England northward, migrating somewhat southward in winter. 



