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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



easily accustomed to confinement, and in a few days will become quite tame. 

 When .sligiitly wounded and captured, tiicy at first make a sturdy resistance, 

 and bite quite severely. They are nnicli attached to their young, and when 

 approached evince great anxiety, tiic female thrusting herself forward to 

 divert attenti(jn by her outcries and her simulated lameness. 



The eggs of this species are of a rounded-oval shape, and have a dull- 

 white ground, spotted with dots and blotches of a wine-colored brown. 

 These usually are larger than in the other species, and are mostly congre- 

 gated about the larger end, and measure .'J8 of an inch in length by .80 in 

 breadth. 



Pipilo eiythrophthalmuB, var. alleni, Coues. 



WHITE-ET2S CHEWINK ; FLORIDA CHEWINK. 



Pijii/o n/!eiii, Cui'K.s, Anieriean Naturalist, V, Aug. 1871, 366. 



Sp. Cii.vit. Similar to eri/lhro/jhthalmiis, but did'ciing in the (bllowinjr re.^pects ; 

 White si)acL'.s on wings and tail much rcstriutod, those on inner webs of lateral tail-feathers 

 only .50 to .73 long. Size very inueli .smaller, except the bill, which is absolutely larger. 

 Iris white, 



^. (or),2()7, Dnnnnits's Grove, Florida, March, 1809.) Length, 7.7") ; wing, 3.00 ; tail, 

 3.7.") ; bill from nostril, .38 ; tarsus, .07. 



9- (u5,271, same locality and date.) Wing, 3.00; tail, 3.50; bill from no.stril, .37; 

 tarsus, .91. White on primaries almost absent. 



This interesting variety of Pqnio eri/fliropfithalmns was found in Florida, 

 in the spring of 1860, by ^Fr. C J. Maynard, tind probably represents the 

 species as resident in thtat Sttite. It is considerid)ly smtdler than the average 

 (length, 7.75 ; extent, 10.00 ; wing, .'3.00 ; tarsus, .9;")), and has very apprecia- 

 bly less white on the tail. The outer web of outer feather is only narrowly 



edged with white, in- 

 .stead of being entire- 

 ly so to the shaft 

 ) (except in one speci- 

 men), and the termi- 

 nal white tip, con- 

 fined to the inner 

 web, is oidy from .50 

 to .75 of an inch long, 

 instead of 1.25 to 



2ia!>, Pipilo rriithrnpl/in'mim 247. viir. rtHcni, 175 or about tllP 



amount on the second feather of northern s])ecimens, as shown in the 

 accompanying figures. There is apparently a greater tendency to dusky 

 streaks and specks in the rufous of the side of the breast or in the adjacent 

 white. Resident specimens from (rcorgia are intermediate iu size and color 

 bet>veeu the northern and Florida races. 



