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overhead at Falls Church, Virginia. He informs me that he had a 
fairly good look at it, and that it had some white on the breast, 
but appeared to be very dark otherwise; whether upon being shot 
it would be as dark as it appeared, it would be hard to say.” 
At least three interesting facts are to be noticed with regard to 
these published accounts of dark colored Broad-wings. 
First they have all been either collected or observed, except the 
somewhat doubtful Virginia record, in a limited area extending 
north and south from Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, through 
Minnesota and middle Iowa, the natural route of migration. 
In the second place so far as the writer has been able to ascertain, 
there are no intergrading specimens. Those that have been exam- 
ined are very similar in general color not excepting the one before 
me in immature plumage. 
A third point of interest is the evident dusky character of the 
plumage of the immature, which has hitherto been unknown. 
Thanks are due to Mr. James Ward through whose kindness 
the type specimen was secured, and to Mr. Kubichek and Mr. 
Anderson for permitting the examination, at some length, of their 
specimens. 
