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CArRIMULGII) K. 



eiglitlis ; the first feather sliorler than the third, tlie seeoncl 

 feather a little longer than the third, and the longest in the 

 wing. 



The plumage of the male is more ferruginous than that of 

 the female, whose plumage is daiker than that of the males, 

 and she has no white spots on the feathers of the wings or of 

 the tail. 



The young in their first plumage are like the parents, biit 

 the birds of the year before they leave this country arc distin- 

 guished by their smaller size and shorter tail. 



