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Sp. CiiAK. Crest l('nf,'tliiMic(l. liody ffciiiTiilly soU, silky lirDwnisli-iishy, willi ii ]iiii|)lisli 

 cast, the win^-i'ovfrts mill sciqiiilars uioic liidwiiisli, lii'i'oiniiij; iiiort' rt'ildish luiteiimiy 

 ftlid iisliy pnsti'iiorly ; tlic niin|i iiiid uihr'!' lail-i'dvcils, as well as llic sccDiidaiics, licinj; 

 nearly piiro asli. Anteriorly tin- edlur [lasses i,na(liially inin deep viiiaeeDiis-eliestiiiil on 

 till' Hireliead to beliiiid tlie eye and on llie ilieeks : alidimien yellnwisii-wiiile. Lower 

 tuil-eoverts deep chestuul. A siripe on siih' ol' lln' lieail, eoverinj; liie lores and nasal 

 Icutliera (scnreuly nieelinj,' across the Inrelii'ail), invoivinj; the eye and eontiinied liaek to- 

 ward llio oeeiput and lieiieatli the ei'est, with a larne patch eoverini,' the eliili and throat, 

 Ueupbluuk; a narrow cresueiit on lower eyeliil, antl u short stripu bctwoen the black ol' 



the throat and that of the chin at the base of the lower niandiblc, two very broad bars on 

 the wing, one across ends of primary coverts, and the other across ends of secondaries (the 

 first ocenpying both webs, and the latter the onter), white. Primary coverts, primaries, 

 and tail slaty-blaek, the latter frrowiiif; gradually ashy basallv. A broad banil across end 

 of tail, and a longitudinal space along end of outer web of priinaiios. gaMil)oge-yellow, — 

 the marks on primaries, however, sometimes while, oidy stained with yellow. Each of the 

 .secondaries with an expanded continuation of the shaft, in form of flattened, very thin, 

 somewhat elliptical appendages, of a bright veiniilinn-icd resembling red sealing-wax. iMe. 

 with the white of outer web of primaries continued around end of inner welis also. 

 Female without white on terminal edge of inner webs of primaries, and with the "seal- 

 ing-wax " appendages smaller. F(i"»7 not seen. Length, 7.40; wing, 4. ;")(*; tail, 3.00. 



Ham. Nortbt.'rn parts of Europe, Amerii'a, and .\sia. In America not hitherto found 

 in the Paeide Province. In winter extending along the Rocky Mountains and the Plains 

 as far south as Fort Massachusetts and Kort Uiley ; regular visitor to .shores of Lake Michi- 

 gan and Lake Erie. East of this rarely seen along the United States border. Fort Mo- 

 have (???) (COOPKI!). 



The specimen seen by Dr. Coo[)er, at Fort Mohave, if really of this spe- 

 cies, fixes the most western locality on record. 



For many years anthentic eji^s of the Bohemian Chatterer were greatly 

 sought after, but it was not until IHHO that any were brmioht to the notice 

 of the scientific world, when the late Mr. H. Wolley di.scovered them in 

 Lapland. Early du))licates from his collection were sold at five guineas each, 

 and altiiough a good many have since been obtained, they are yet consid- 

 ered as great jirizes. A nest, with its eggs, of those collected by Mr. Wol- 

 ley, has been presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Alfred Newton. 

 The only instances on record of their discovery in America are of a nest and 

 one egg by Mr. Kennicott, on the Yukon, in 1861, and a nest and single egg 



