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manner as those of sparverius are said to do Lj "Wilson and 

 Audubon ; judging from analogy, the two species would be 

 supposed to resemble each other in tliis particular. 



Of the specimens from Cuba, seven are adult males ; all of 

 these are without the rufous spot on the crown ; in five, the 

 outer tail feather is dark rufous on both webs, without spots, 

 except the subterminal bar ; of the other two, one has the outer 

 web of this feather pale rufous, and the other has it white, 

 both also without spots. 



There are two young males, one only has the red spot on the 

 vertex ; both are nearly white below, slightly tinged with 

 rufous and almost unspotted — a few spots on the sides of one ; 

 in each the inner web of the outer tail-feather is rufous, and 

 the outer web whitish, with two or three nearly obsolete spots 

 next the shaft. 



Five of the adult birds are deep rufous brown on the breast 

 and abdomen, being more or less so on the thighs ; and below 

 are almost unspotted, but two or three having a few dark spots 

 on the sides. 



The older males of this species have their backs dark slate- 

 blue, in some individuals intermixed with rufous ; in the 

 younger the back and rump are rufous ; the wing-coverts and 

 smaller quills, at all ages, are slate-blue, marked with a few 

 black spots. 



Two adult females have their heads on the crown very dark 

 slate, and the under parts deep rufous brown, spotted and 

 barred with black. 



Two young females have the crown lighter, with the centre 

 red ; the under parts nearly white and marked with small 

 longitudinal spots of pale rufous. 



All the females have the back, tertiaries, wing-coverts, and 

 tail ferruginous, transversely barred with black. 



T. sparverius. Two United States specimens, adult males, 

 are rufous below, of a much lighter shade than the Cuban spe- 

 cies, and but sparingly spotted ; they are without the red spot 



