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Genus SYMPHEMIA Rai . 



SYMPHEHIA SBMI PALM ATA {(;»!<■/.). 

 Willet. 



Adult in siiDiiiicr : I 'pper plumajie i;iay, streaked on the lu-ad with dark brown, and the 

 central portion of many oi the feathers has tiie l)ack hlotclied with l)rown ; chin wliite : throat 

 white dotted witli l)rown : under ]nirts dull wiiite, the feathers on the sides barred with iirown 

 and washed witii tawny ; axillars black ; bill l)luish, dusky toward end. 



AihiU in -toiiiti')-. I>ill nearly straiu,ht, upper plumage gray, showing faint indications of 

 whitish on the tips of some of the feathers on the back; chin whitish ; throat ashy gray; the 

 rest of under parts white, showing ashy on the sides of the body. The broad white band on the 

 wings is a distinguishing character of this bird when flying, formed by the basal jjortion of 

 the primaries and some of the secondaries being white. 



Length. 15. so; Wing, S.io: Tarsus, 2.30: P>ill, 2 to 2.30. 



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Sym|)hemia seiiiipalriiala. 



Ranges from temperate South America .south to the We.st Inches and 

 South x\merica. 



It breeds from New luighmd to Florichi, althouoh it does not breed 

 conunonlv north of the CaroHnas. Il is a very eommon species in Florida, 



