538 NORTH AMKKICAN BIRDS. 



within till' liroiid, fniitinucnis liliick iimxillary stripcf. Female with tlio 

 tiiroat \vh(illy wliitc /lah. Kiisiciii I'mviiicc Noitli Aiiu'iicii, soutli 

 in winlc'i- into West Inilics, iiiid over wiiolo of Moxico, to (iuatu- 



inala var. v(iriii.t. 



Crown always red in adult. A nnclial crcsi'cnt of scarlet in liotli 

 soxos. Red 111' till' thioal not contincd hy the lilack maxillary sti'ipt', 

 which is intoi'i'uptud hy it in the middle, allowinj; tin; rud to touch the 

 white stfipc; a tinge of red on the aniiculars. Fonnle always with 

 more oi- less red on lower pait ol' the throat. Ilab. Rocky Moinilains 

 and Middle I'l-ovinco ol' I'niled Slates .... \:\r. n n cli a I i n. 

 Wliitf (lull lildck slri/ii's nil siile of liead nlisnJefc, iln is ill <• black 



pertonil ci-cureiit, nniscil hi/ hi-liiij iirersjiri'iiil hij a riiiiliiiKnun red 

 ivii.ih e.ileiiiUiHi orer irlnilv lieail, nerh\ and hrcunl. 

 Whole head, neck, and lircast red, with the light and dark stripes of 

 the normal pattern only faintly traceable. Sexes similar. Hah. Pacific 

 Province of I'nited States, north to Briti.sh Columhia . . \iu: r uhe r. 

 2. S. ■v/illiamBoni. Rack nnvaricfrated; secondaries without bands of 

 white spots. 



Whole crown and ujiper parts (except lower part of rump and 

 upper tail-covcrt«, and winfr-patch), a stripe on side ol' head, a broader 

 one on side of Ihe throat, and Ihc whole jugulnni and sides of the 

 breast, unliroken glossy-lilack ; alidonien briyhl Icnion-yellow. Male 

 with a narrow stripe of scarlet on middle of the throat. Female with 

 it white. Yoiini/ like the adult. Ifah. Western Province of United 

 States. 

 B. Win? without a white patch. Markings on sides regularly transverse. 



.1. S. thyroideus. Head all round light brown; abdomen bright lemon- 

 yellow ; rump and upper tail-coverts white. Entire upper surface, with 

 sides, regularly and continuously liarred with lilack and white, in nearly 

 equal amount ; the lilack bars usually coalesced on the jugulum into a more 

 or less extensive patch. .]fale with the throat tinged medially with scarlet. 

 Female without any red. Hab. Western Province of United States. 



