494 NORTH AMKIUCAN IJIRDS. 



T. f>iin'iii/ iivd Winter Plnmaye 



8r. CiiAU. Aihill. Oromnl-ctiliir of llio ouciput, niii)i', scapulars, aiifl interscapulars, 

 brownisli-wliitc, each leatliur willi medial streak of dusky-lirowu ; runip and upper tail- 

 coverts white, with the streaks in shar]ier contrast. Winjj;s clear brownish-dusky with two 

 conspicuous white bands, Ibrnied by tips of middle and secondary coverts ; tertials broadly, 

 and secondaries narrowly, edged with white; tail-feathers narrowly edged with wliite, 

 this broader on inner webs. A narrow frontal liand (tinged with brownish), an ol)scuro 

 superciliary stripe, and the lower parts in general, white; sides streaked with dusky, and 

 lower tail-eovcrts each with a medial streak of the same. On the tbrchead and vertex a 

 somewhat quadrate patch of inten.so carmine. Na.sal plunndi, lores, and a small, somewhat 

 quadrate, gular spot, d.ark silky-brown. Bill yellow, the cidmen and gonys lilack. 



$. Throat, jugulum, and breast, rosaceou.s-carminc (extending upward over the max- 

 illa', and backward over the sides almost to the Hanks) ; rump tinged with the same. 



Var. / ( u a r in s (21,077, Philadelphia). AVing, 2.SI); tail, 2.35 ; bill, .3.") and .22 ; tarsus, 

 .55 ; middle toe, .;i(). 



Var. holbOIti (;i!),2G3, Quebec). Wing, 3.00; tail, 2.40; bill, .42 and .29; tarsu.s, .(10; 

 middle toe, ..'!7. 



A'ar. /(«)//< o//// (52,457, Kodiak). Wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2.40 ; bill, .47 and .25; tarsus,.55; 

 middle toe, .35. 



9. No red except on the crown, where its tint is less intense; dusky gular spot larger, 

 extending farther on to the throat. 



Var. 1 i n a riu a C.)02, T'enn.). Wing, 2.70; tail, 2.30; bill, .32 and .23; tarsus, .55; 

 middle toe, .32. 



Var. holholli (39,302, Quebec). Wing, 3.10; t.ail, 2..')0; bill, .42 and .29 ; tar.sns, .01 ; 

 middle toe, .39. 



Var holholli? (52,4GO, Kodiak). Wing, 2.80; tail, 2..30; bill, .39 and .23; tarsus, 

 .54 ; middle toe, 32. 



II. Summer or Breeiliiu; Plumage. 



The pattern the .'-ame as above, but the dark tint intensified and spread so as to almost 

 entirely obliterate any lighter markings, except the streaks on the rump ; the wing-bands 

 as well as the dorsal streaks obsolete'; streaks on the sides broader; frontal band dusky 

 like the occiput. I'ed tints .slightly intensilied. Bill wholly dusky. 



^. Throat, jug.dum, breast, and tinge on sides and rump, ro.sy-carmine. 



Var. Una r i u s (type of '• /imcescen.f "). Wing, 2.80 ; tail, 2.30 ; bill, .30 and .25 ; tarsus, 

 ..53 ; middle toe, .33. 



Var. holholli (type of '' roslnifiis"). Wing, 3.00; tail, 2.35; bill, .41 and .30; tar- 

 sus, .00 ; middle toe, .40. 



A'ar. holholli f v'^Au, Kodiak, July). Wing, 2.90; tail, 2.20; bill, .40 and .25; 

 tarsus, .50; middle toe, ..32. 



9. Mo red exce]>t on the crown. 



Var. linariu.i (9 type of "fuKce.icots"). Wing, 2.S0 ; tail, 2..30; bill, .35 and .25; 

 tarsus, .52 ; middle toe, .34. 



Young (fu'st plnm.agc). (54,478, Kodiak, .July.) Streaks covering whole head, neck, 

 nml breast ; no red (Rmcw.w). 



II.Mi. Circumjiolar regions. In North Anu'rica breeding in the sub-arelic regions, and 

 in winter descending into the northern United States. 



The two races of y^'. luuirius are ([iiite diirorontly colored in siiinnier and 

 in winter. In the latter sea.son the jdiiniaoe is .sorte- .iid more la.\, tuid the 

 markings Letter deliiicd, tliotioh in iitittiinn witli a ,.onsi(leritlile (ichraoeons 

 sull'usiun. In spring the colors are purer, and the markings most shar]»]y 



