14 



VOIiTII AMKiaCAN UIIIPS. 



I;iiil with 11 tiiij.'..' dl' line iiriiiii,'i'-ocliriirc(His, lifflitu' llmii the tint of llic iippiT |mrls; iiml, 

 I'Xi'cpliii;;- on ihc Jiiyiiliiiii, aiiiil ic'jiioii, MMil cii^suin. wiili niiiiici'oiis iiiiiiiilc Iml ili.sliiict 

 s|icL'l;.s of lilni-l< ; iinilci' siirfiii'c of wind's di'lii'iilc ycllowisli-wliiti', llic liiiiuj;- npiiisclv 

 spi'inkliMl \villi liliick dots; iniiur wclis of [iiiijiiii'ii's willi Ininsvcrso lifU's of iikjUIciI diiskv 

 i]";ir Ihi'ir ciiils. 



Kilrriiic phiii«(;/<-s. Diukcsl (No. (i,MS4, (J, Tojoii Viillcy. Ciil.; ••II. S. W." Dr. 

 llt'i'i'luiiun) : 'i'lirrc is no wiiilr w ii:ili'\ci- on llic pinniiij;!', iIk; lower pinls licinn- cnn. 

 tiniions lii,'iit oclii-iici'ous ; llic tiliiu' linvc luniuToMs i-onnd .-ipots of liliU'kish. I.ijjlilcsf 

 (Xo. (),SS,"), saniL' locality): Face and cnl ire lower parts innnacnlal(! siiowv-wlnlc ; facial 

 I'irclc while, with tlii> ti|is of the feathers oran^'c ; the secondaries, priinaiies, and tail 

 show no liars, their .snifaee licint; nnifornily and finely mottled. 



.\/i(isurriiiciil.i (^, (i,SS|, Tejon \'alley, t'al. ; Dr. Ileerin.inn). Winu', 13. ltd; tail, 

 0.7(1; eiilineii, .!J0; tarsus, 'J.. 'iO ; middle toe, l.li.j. Wiiig-foiiiuila, li, 1-3. .\mong the 



Strix ]>rntiiiroln. 



very nnmeroMs speciinens in the eolleetioii, there is not one inarke(l 9- The CNtremcs 

 of a larji-c series are as follows: Wiiijr, I'J.oO- 11.00; tail, 5.70 - 7.."')0 ; enlineii, .00-1. 10; 

 tarsus, 'ISio - :\.00. 



ri.vn. More sonlhei'ii portions of Xorlli America, ospoeially near the sea-coast, from 

 the .Middle States .southward, and alony tli(> southern liorder to California; whole of 

 Mexico. In rentral America apprecialily modilied into \i\r. f/ii(ileni(ila'. In South .Vnier- 

 icn replaced liy var. pcvlatii. and in the West Indies liy the (piite (lin'erent var. fi(n-<itii. 



Localities: ( )axaca fSci.. I'. Z. S. lS.')n, ;590) ; Texas ( Duk.s;;™, Ibi.s, l.si;.-,, ;j;il)) ; 

 Arizona (("on:s. V. A. X. S. l.^OC. 10) ; ? liahmnas (Bkv.vxt, Vv. Bost. 8oc. 1807, G5)., 

 Kansas fSsow. List of 15. Kansas) ; Iowa CAl.i.Kx, Iowa Geol. Ke[)ort, II, 424). 



Tlie vafiiitioii.s of plmiiago noted aliovo apjicar to l)e of a ])Ui'ely iiidividiial 

 nature, since tliey do not de]icnd npon the locality ; nor, as i'liv tis we can 

 leai'ii, to any coiisideralilti extent, 11)1011 a,oe or se.v. 



lI.viMTs. On tli(> Atliintic coast tliis bird very rarely occurs north of 

 Pennsylvania. It is ojv,.]) liy Mr. Lawrence as very rare in the vicinity of 

 Xew ^'ork, and in three instances, at least, it ha.s been detected in Xew 

 Enoliind. An individtial is said, liy Itev. J. H. Lin.sley, to have been 

 taken in 1S4:'., in Stratford, Conn.; another was .shot !it Sachem's Head in the 

 .same State, October 28, 18G5 ; and a third wtis killed in May, 18G8, near 

 SpringHeld, ]\Iass. 



