FlilNGILLli 7^ — THE FILCHES. 549 



Synopsis of Species. 



Common CnAR.vrTKns. down and hack stieakcd with Mack npon an ashy, olive, or 

 chestnut ground ; liencath whitish, tinged across the hreast with ochraceoiis or ashy, 

 plain, or witli hlackish streaks on the hreast. A light superciliary stripe. 



A» Tail-feathers attenuated, acute at ends, much trraduated. On the crown 



a median light strij)e. 



a. A dusk}' streak on each side of the throat, and one above tlic light 

 ochraceous maxdlary stripe. 



1. C. henslo'wi. Bill very rol)ust, .35 along culmen by .30 deep 

 at base ^Ving, 'J.'Ju; tail, "J.'JO. Head ochraceous or greenish 

 olive, lighter on the throat ; a blackish stiipe on each side of the 

 crown. Breast streaked with black at all ages. JIab. Eastern 

 Province of United »States. 



b. Ko dusky streak on side of throat nor above the maxilUu. 



2. C. lecontei. Bill very narrow, only .10 broad by .20 deep at 

 base. Median stripe of the crown ochraceous for anterior third, 

 the remaining part ashy-white; superciliary stripe wholly ochra- 

 ceous; edge of wing white; breast sparsely streaked in the adu\. 

 Wing, 2.15; tail, 2.20. Ilab. Plains west of the Missouri, from 

 Texas to Dakota. 



3. C. passeriuus. Bill roltust, .23, or mor(\ broad, by .24, or more, 

 deep at b;use. Median stripe of the crown oi-hraceous through- 

 out ; superciliary stripe yellow anteriorly, ashy posteriorly ; L'^h^e 

 of wing bright yellow, breast unstreaked in the adult, streaked in 

 the young, in which the head stripes are ashy, with no yellow on 

 wing or over lore. 



Colors dark, the black markings predominating above. Ad. 

 Anterior lower parts deep bull" at all seasons. Jnv. Dusky 

 streaks on breast very distinct. Bill, .33 and .30 ; wing, 2. GO; 

 tail, 1.90. Hub. Eastern Province of United States, and 



West Indies xnv. jiasser inus. 



Colors pale, the light markings predominating above. Ad. 

 Buff of the breast scarcely observable in sunnner. Jnr. Dusky 

 streaks on breast scarcely appreciable. Bill, .33 and .24 ; wing, 

 2.G0; tail, 1.90. Hub. Western Province of United States 



var. p e r^> rt / / ?" f/ « .s\ 

 B« Tail-feathers broad, rounded at ends; onlvsliirhtlv rounded. Crown not 

 divided by a median stripe. 



4. C. manimbe. Head clear asliy, whitish on throat; crown uni- 

 formly streaked with black. Supra-loral streak and edge of wing 

 bright yellow. No streaks on breast in adult. 



Breast tinged with ashy ; black streaks on upper parts nuich 



narrower than the intervening ones of the ashy ground-color ; 



dorsal feathers rufescent-umVier medially, edged with ashy, and 



' with a shaft-streak of black. Wing, 2.35; tail. 2.00. Hub. 



Brazil var. manimbe. 



Breast tinged with ochraceous ; black streaks on upper part^ 

 much broader than the ashv ones of the srround-color ; dorsal 

 feathers black, edgetl with ashy ; wing, 2?25; tail, 1.90. Ifub. 

 Buenos Ay res and Uruguay var. do7-saIis. 



