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Brewster Totauus solitarius cinnamomcus. 



fOudir 



plumage from various parts of the eastern United States. In the 

 latter the spots on the back, scapulars and wing-coverts are usu- 

 ally smaller and invariably much lighter, varying from ashy 

 white to very pale buffy. The Eastern birds also have the shoul- 

 ders and outer edges of the wings above blacker, and the dusky on 

 the sides of the head usually in excess of the white ground color. 

 They also have a well-marked dark loral stripe which is either 

 wholly wanting or but imperfectly indicated in the Lower Cali- 

 fornia bird. The mottling on the breast of the latter seems to 

 be also darker, the streaks more distinct. While not constantly 

 diagnostic, the mottling on the inner web of the first primary, men- 

 tioned in the description of the type, is an excellent average 

 character. I have seen it exhibited in only one example of true 

 solitarius while in cinnamomeus it is generally present. 



The difference in size is shown by the following table of meas- 

 urements (in inches). 



"3,840 

 11,978 



10,170 



I2.7.V 



io,Ss6 

 10,935 

 3.S43 

 12.729 

 6,427 

 6.590 

 6,59' 

 6,426 



17.731 



'7-7V- 

 '7.7<7 

 >7-7^ 

 17.74" 

 '7.74' 



Maine 



Muss. 



New York 



lew Brunswick 

 Maine 



M;iss. 



New York 

 . Snel liner, Minn. 



Lower Cala. 



4,iSo'$ 



Ft. Verde, Arizona 



Sept. 6, 

 Oct. 22, 

 Auij. 29, 

 Sept. 22, 

 Sept. 2S, 



Sept. 

 Oct. 



Au-. 

 Sept. 



Aug. 

 May 



1S74 

 1S86 



iSSS 

 iSSn 

 1SS6 

 18S5 

 I8S5 



'S75 



1SS0 

 |88S 



1SS0 



Aug. 24, iSSS 



Aug. 25, 1887 

 " 3". " 

 3", " 



Sept. 2, " 

 Au-. 30, " 

 Sept. 2, " 



Aug. 2S, 1SS5 



S->9 

 4.92 



5-"7 

 4.90 

 5.04 



S"7 

 5.10 



S-«7 



5'3 



^■*^ 

 5.00 

 5.06 



S-°4 



S-36 

 5-37 

 5-25 

 5 .iS 



5.10 

 5.40 

 5.49 



5-09 

 4.90 



Coll.W. Brewster. 



*Dr. E. A.Me;in 



Coll. W. Brewster 



k Dr. E. A. Mearns. 



*American Museum, N. Y. City. 



All the Lower California specimens just mentioned are young 

 birds, but the collection contains a single adult male in autumn 

 plumage (No. 17,739, San Jose del Cabo, Oct. 2S, 1SS7) which, 

 in every respect, is identical with autumnal adults in my collec- 

 tion from the Eastern States. I see no reason why it may not be 

 regarded as an example of true solitarius. 



