502 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



black ; back streaked with black. 



7 ' 



grayish, and grayish white ; sides 

 of head and lower parts white, the 

 sides and flanks broadly streaked 

 with black, and sides of throat 

 with a series of blended black 

 streaks, converging to an angle 

 on chin. Adult female: Above 

 olive or olive-grayish, every- 

 where streaked with black ; be- 

 neath white (usually tinged with 

 olive-yellowish anteriorly), and 

 streaked laterally with dusky. 

 Young in first autumn : Like cor- 

 responding stage of D. castanea, 

 but under tail-coverts pure 

 white, upper tail-coverts and 

 edges of quills olive or olive- 

 greenish, and lower parts rather 

 olive-yellowish, or dirty sulphur- 

 yellow, than buffy. Young: 

 Above dull grayish, everywhere 

 streaked with black; beneath 

 dull white, everywhere spotted 

 with black, the spots triangular 

 on breast, etc., but assuming a 

 transverse shape on flanks and 

 belly. Length 5.00-5.75, wing 

 2.80-2.90, tail 2.05-2.25. Nest on 

 lower branches of coniferous 

 trees (farther north often on 

 ground), rather bulky, warmly 

 lined with soft feathers. Eggs 

 .72 X -53, white, creamy white, 

 or light creamy buff, spotted, 

 speckled, or blotched (often 

 wreathed) with brown and lilac- 

 gray, sometimes mixed with a 

 few small black specks. Hob. 

 Eastern and northern North 

 America, breeding from north- 

 ern New England, Labrador, 

 etc., to coast of Alaska (north 

 of the peninsula) and of Arctic 

 Ocean ; accidental in Greenland ; 



