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baud of brownish graj, gradually passing into dull whitish at the ter- 

 minal margin ; extreme base of the tail (concealed, by the covertf ), 

 buffy white, this becoming ochraceous-bufl' on the basal portion of the 

 two lateral rectrices, on which this color occupies neai-ly the basal 

 third. Primaries brownish dusky, all except the three outermost with 

 a greater or less number of quadrate ferruginous spots, disposed in 

 transverse bauds. Whole side of head uniform grayish brown, some- 

 what paler than the pileum ; extreme anterior portion of the forehead 

 dull whitish. Chin and upper part of throat dull white, marked with 

 narrow cuneate streaks of grayish brown; lower i)art of throat light 

 buft", marked with similar, but larger streaks; jugulum and upper part 

 of breast with grayish brow^n prevailing, but the feathers much spotted 

 or otherwise marked on the edges with buffy white, forming broken or 

 irregular longitudinal stripes; rest of lower parts buffy white, the en- 

 tire sides, lower part of breast, and upper part of abdomen marked 

 with sharply defined transverse spots, or broad, somewhat reniform, 

 bars, of umber brown. Tibiae deep ochraceo.us-buff, the upper half 

 (or more) of the outer side marked with narrow bars of brown ; crissum 

 deep creamy buff, passing into buffy white on lower tail-coverts ; lining 

 of the wing light buff, sparsely marked with a few small spots and 

 streaks of brown. Bill dusky, clouded with light horn-yellowish ; feet 

 apparently deep yellow in life. Wing, 8.20; tail, 6.00; culmen, .07; 

 tarsus, 2.35; middJe toe, l.OS.. 



Female, nearly adult (No. 182,849, U. S. Nat. Mus., Cozumel, January 

 27): Almost exactly like the male, as described above. Wing, 8.70; 

 tail, 6.20; culmen, .70; tarsus, 2.35; middle toe, 1.15. 



Young $ (No. 102,853, U. S. Nat. Mus., Cozumel, January 27) : Upper 

 parts much as in the adult, but pileum streaked with buffy white, the 

 brown spots on upper tail coverts less transverse, or more cordate, and 

 the brown tail-bands narrower and less grayish, a fifth rather indistinct 

 dusky band showing beyond the tips of the upper tail-coverts. Prima- 

 ries without ferruginous markings, but spotted, in transverse bands, 

 with grayish brown instead. Lower parts pale buff, approaching white 

 anteriorly, with no transverse markings, but the throat, jugulum, 

 breast, and sides marked with longitudinal guttate aud lanceolate 

 stripes and streaks of deep brown, these streaks largest and broadest 

 on tlie sides, smallest on the throat. Tibia*, ochraceous-buff, marked on 

 the outer side with a few small cordate and triangular spots of grayish 

 brown. Wing, 8.00; tail, 6.00; culmen, .60; tarsus, 2.35; middle toe, 

 1.12. 



Young 9 (No. 102,848, TJ. S. Nat. Mus., Cozumel, January 23) : Es- 

 sentially like the young male, as described above, but stripes on breast, 

 etc., broader and rather paler brown, the markings on sides and flanks 

 in the form of spots, arranged in chain-like series. Wing, 8.35; tail, 

 6.20; culmen, .70; tarsus, 2.40; middle toe, 1.10. 



