No. 47. 



Symphemia semipalmata. 



Adult in summer. Wings broadly marked with white and 

 blackish brown, the white being on inner portions of the quill- 

 feathers, and presenting (while wings are spread) a very con- 

 spicuous band across them ; extreme lower part of back at base 



of tail white ; tail pale gray, more or less touched with dusky 

 bar-like markings. Plumage in general light warm gray, mot^ 

 tied and shaded with brown and pale tan tints ; the markings 

 streaky about head and neck, spotty on the fore-breast, and in 



