44 



Ndirni AMi';RiCi\-N ihrdh. 



I'XiiitIv like 111!' typo. Tlioi'p nic no iiutlicntic males iPoCorc nw, tlioiifili only two nro 

 ninrkcil as H'liiiili's ; llii' cxli' m's of llic st'iie.s proliubly icpn'scnl the scxuiil (liscrcpanry 

 in si/.c. 



Y<ii(,i;j (^, I'-'.sl I, Itarini., Wisionsin, July, 1H'<I); Dr. \l. I'. Hoy). I'liper siiiiin'o 

 continuous plain dark sciiia-olivc ; I'acc ilarkcr, appHjaciiinj; liilifrinous-vaiKlykc, — pi'ifuctly 

 nnilnrni ; aroinul the cil^^i- of tlic forclMNKl, a ll'W slial'l-lincs of whiter ; sca|pulars with a 

 conicalrd .-ipol of i>al(' ocliraccons nn lower weh ; lowe'i' I'callii'fs of winfr-covcils willi a 

 ''■w wliito spots; oiiici- I'c'aihcr of llio alula .scallopi'd with wliitu; primary covcrls pcr- 

 li'itly plain; live onlcr ininiarics witli white spots on outer webs, these diininishintr 

 toward the enil of the feathers, leavinf,' oidy two or threu series well defniud ; tail darker 

 than the wiiips, with three narrow hands composed of white s])()ts, these not touehiuR 

 tlu^ shaft oil either wel). " Kyeltrows " inuuaeulato white ; lores more dusky; faee and 

 eyelids dark vandyke-hrown ; sides of the eliin white. Throat and whole hreast like the 

 Imek, hut the latter jialer medially, lieeomiiij; lii'ie more fulvous; rest of the lower parts 

 plain fnlvous-oehraceous, uMdwiu^r prradually paler posteriorly, — immaculate. Lining of 

 the wing plain ilull while; under surface of primaries with dusky prevailing, hut thia 

 crossed Ijy hands of lari,'e whitish spots; the three outer feathers, however, present a 

 nearly nnilbrmly dusky aspect hciuf.' varied only hasally. Wiiijr formula, JJ, 4 - 2 =-5 

 G-7, 1. Wing, .").")0 ; tail, 2.f>0; eulmen, .4") ; tarsus, .80; middle top, .0'). 



ll.\n. North America geiu;rally. Cold temperate portions iu the hreeding-season, 

 migraling southward in winter. Mexico (Oaxaea, Sci.ATi-in, P. Z. S. IS'jS, 29")); Cnli- 

 fornia (Da. foorKii) ; Cantonment Burgwyu, New Mexico (Dit. Andehson) ; Washington 

 Territory (Dn. Kkxxkui.v). 



A spociinen (ir»,'.>17, <?, Dr. C. 15. Kennerly, Camp Skap;itt, Septenilier 20, 

 1859) from Wasliiiiyton Territory is exactly similar to tlie young described 



NiJtluU arailirn Ynuiis 



pi't/ftalc nrattirn Adult. 



al)ovo. No. 10,70-2 (Fort lUirgwyn, New Mexico; Dr. Anderson) is much 

 like it, Ijut tlie facinl circle is quite conspicuous, the feathers lmviii<:j medial 

 white lines ; tlie reddisli-olive of the breast and the fulvcus of tiie belly 

 are paler, also, thiui in the type. No. 12,8GG, United States, (Professor 

 Baird's collection, from Audubon,) is perfectly similar to the last. 



