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Adult male in winter phmiage. — No. 6464, Hoopes Collection, Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila. ; Brownsville, Texas, October 18, 1896; F. B. Arm- 
strong.— Upper surface quite uniforml}^ but rather obscurely streaked, 
the black forehead and pinkish of the nape almost entirely hidden; 
streakino- on chest below the pectoral crescent much more conspicuous 
than in summer, and largely confluent; all the black areas much 
ol)scured by pale tips to the feathers; the entire plumage, except for 
black or white portions, much more grayish or pinkish than in summer. 
Adult female in wi7ite7' plumage. — No. 6466, Hoopes Collection, Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila.; Brownsville, Texas, October 23, 1896; F. B. Arm- 
strong. — Similar to the summer female, but everywhere more grayish; 
the streaking above more uniform; the breast below the black marked 
with broad confluent streaks of dusk}^; all the colored portions, even 
the 3^ellow of the throat, much obscured by the grayish tips of the 
feathers. In this condition the female much resembles the male of 
like season, although very diflerent in summer, when by wear the 
distinctive marks of the male become accentuated. 
Young in first 'plumage. — Male, No. 27344, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.; 
Corpus Christi, Texas, June 1, 1891; S. N. Rhoads. — Above buffy 
ochraceous, the feathers with dark brown centers, and spotted termi- 
nally with white or buffy; wings and outer tail feathers margined with 
whitish; superciliary stripe bufl'y white; lower surface dull white, the 
breast shaded with bufl'y and spotted with dusky. 
This race is quite similar to praticola., though considerabl}^ more 
grayish, rather smaller, and with the yellow of throat usually deeper 
and sufl'using also the superciliary stripe. In winter plumage the 
dark streaking on the breast is frequentl}^ heavier. It is fully as 
gray above as arcticola., but is of course easily distinguishable by its 
reduced size and yellow of throat and eyebrow. It is so much smaller 
and more grayish than either hoyti or alpestris that it does not need 
special comparison. 
The young of this race seem to be, so far as can be judged from the 
limited material examined, mu<;h paler and more grayish than the 
young of praticola. From leiicolseiiia., to which they bear more 
resemblance, they seem to differ in somewhat less ochl'aceous tone of 
the upper parts, though doubtless some specimens would prove very 
nearly if not quite indistinguishable. 
So far as actual specimens go, giraudi seems to be resident in an 
isolated area on the coast of southeastern Texas, crossing into Mexico 
only at the mouth of the Rio Grande. From the breeding area of 
Icucolxina, which is geographically the nearest of the northern 
races, it is separated by a distance of at least 300 miles; but in regions 
not yet satisfactorily explored it possibly intergnidos with diap>li<>ra., 
which approaches its range more closely than any other form. This 
last geographical consideration might be sufficient reason for refusing 
