NO 1 ir,': /.'/.; risloy or the a eni s tiii; yoma nks—oheiuioeseu. 441 



hecomiii^i more rnriijiiiioiis jiiid nioi-c, coiispiciioiis on IhinkK; lower tuil- 

 coverts heavily barred with l)hic,k; lining- of wiiij^- j^iayinh wliitc, 



Yofiufj in Jirst plnnt(((/r. — No. 7120, IJ.S.N.M.; ►Shoalwat(;r liay, WaHli- 

 ington; Dr. J, (J.dooper. Upper parts, iiieliidinff central rcM'triees and 

 outer wol)M ol" the, otliers, excepting- the ont<Mriiost pair, dark nil'e.s- 

 ceiit broe(U)Ii brown, more iciblish on rntnp, Koine leathers of wliieh 

 have eoneealed wliitish spots; win^s obsoletely barn-d with darker; 

 tail rejiiilarly barred with bhiekish ; n^mainder of tail clove brown, the 

 two outer pairs of r<',('triceH tipped, and l>arred (vxtertndly on terminal 

 portu)n with bully. Siiperciliaiy stripe bully whitish ; cheeks biown- 

 ish white, mixed willi brown: iiiKJer surface brownish white, heavily 

 mottled on breast and Jn^nlntn with dnll smrdic {j^ray; Hanks infescM^nt 

 Pfray; lower taifcoverts ocliraceons, baire<l with Itlackish. 



Since the type of 'rnxjUxlyUs Kpiiurns Viffors undoubtedly came from 

 (Jalifomia, the present lac^e seems to havere(;eiv(Ml hitherto no distiiu't- 

 ive title. It diffeis from spiliirns, its nearest ally, in conspi<',noiisIy 

 larjfer bill, besides averajjin^' {greater in all its other measinements. 

 The upper surface seems to be usually ratliei* deeper and ricluM- brown; 

 the Hanks somewhat more nifescent. I<>om hnviclcii, mlopliontis is easily 

 <listint^uished by deeper, more sooty brown above, much darker sides 

 and Hanks, wider super(!iliary stripe, decidedly lonj^ei- bill, tarsus and 

 uiiddh^ toe. It may be readily se[)arat(!d from dri/ma'cuH by the much 

 daiker llaidis and uppei- suiface, lai<;ei' bill and feet. Compared with 

 ncsophilim, it differs in darker, mor(^ n^ddish brown upp«;r surfactj, and 

 in larjijer si/.e, this most a|)parent in the tail and ciilmen. l''rom chari- 

 cnl.iiriis this northwest coast form may be rea«lily disciiminaie<l by 

 darker, mncii more leddish brown Hanks and upper surfare, longer 

 iniddle toe and eiiimen. 



Very little difl<M<Mi('e in color appears to exist between winter and 

 summer sp(;ciinens ol cnUtpltotins, tJiou<;h birds in very much worn 

 pinmayo are iierhapsslij^htly paler and more grayish. There is, how- 

 ever, much individual variation, the upp(^r parts raii;;in{^ from deej) 

 sooty brown to a much lij;hter and strongly nifescent color. Yoiin^^ 

 birds in first pi iima'^e are similar to those of (Iryinacvs, but are mon; 

 d<Mq)ly brownish. 



There seem to Ix', no published records for this bird north of the val- 

 ley ol the r'rasei Jliver, and it is probably a permanent resiih^nt in that 

 re^ijion, since s|)ecimens liave becui ol)taiiied at Aji^assi/, IJiitish ('oliim- 

 l)ia, as late as l)e(5(!niber .'>. It apjiears to be conlined strictly to the 

 re<:ion west of the ('ascade Mountain divide. 



Twenty-six specimens examined, fi(»m localities in the api)end(!d list, 

 bieediuf^ records being d(^8if,niated by an asterisk: 



() region : Salem;* (Jedar Mills, Washington Oouiity; P'orest drove.* 



Washington: Seattle;* Mount V<'rnon ;* South i'ark, King County; 

 Fort Steila(50om; Teiiino;* Shoalvvater Jiay.* 



JJritish Columbia: New Westminster; Agassiz. 



