82 NOltTII A.MKinCAX JHUDS. 



liii|.'(' must iippiwcnt in a slmrply ilfliiicd biiinl acros-i llic llii'Dut. TIic coiiliiiiiitv of the 

 liniwii iiliiivc is iiil('n'ii])t,r(l liy ii si'urci'ly olisi'i'viililc coliiii' round tlic nape ol' ciincnalfd 

 whitish; ihis is (hsccrnibit- only lalcially, wlii'ic iht'i'c is also an inconspicnoiis hhick spat'c. 

 Wholi,' head ahovc, ami nui'k behind, with ninncroiis small cifcnlar spots of rcddisli- 

 whili;; hacU, scapniais, and winj;s nioio s|mi'soly niul more luiiintely liinrkcd with the 

 .same; the two of thrcL- lower I'eatheis of the secondary coverts have each a tei-minal, 

 somewhat oval, lai'irer spot of pure white. Secondaries crossed by three (exposed) bands 

 of pure wdiile, and narrowly tipped with the same; the bands formed b)' scmicircnlar 

 spots on the ontei' welis. I'rimai-ies almost plain, but showing' faintly delincd obsolete 

 liands, — the liiii'd, Ibnrth, and liflh with two or three conspicuous white spots on onler 

 welis, beyond their emarjjinalion ; primary coverts perfectly plain. Tail consideralily 

 ilarker than llie Winers, and purer umber; i-rosscd with seven narrow bands of jjin'o 

 while, the last of wlii<'h is terminal and not well defhicd, — these bands are formed by 

 transverse spots, not touching the shalt on either web. Lores, sides of the forehead, sides 

 of the throat (beneath the clu'cks and car-covcrts), and lower parts in general, pure 

 while; the anie-orbital white continuing liack over the oyi; to its middle, but not beyond 

 it. Lateral jiortion of the neck and breast (conlluent with the gular bolt), and sides, 

 limber, like the back, but more nnineronsh', though more obsoletely, speckled, the spots 

 rather larger and more longitudinal on the sides. IJreast, abdomen, anal region, and 

 lower tail-coverts with narrow lo.igitudinal stripes oi nearly i)nre l)lack. Jugulum iin- 

 macnlate. Tarsi mottled on the outside with brown. Lining of the wing white; a 

 transveise patch of lilackish across the ends of the under primary coverts, formed liy the 

 terminal deltoid spot of each fijalher; a lilackish stripe, formed of blended streaks 

 (parallel with the edge of the wing), running from the licnd to the primary coverts. 

 I'nder siu'face of jirimarics dusky, with transverse sjiots of white anterior to the cmargi- 

 iiation ; these while spots on the longest quill ai'c eight in number. Axillars plain *vhito. 



Wing. ;!.()() ; tail. 2.00 ; cnlnien. .45 ; tarsus, .00 ; middle toe. .55. Wing-foriniila, 4, 3, 

 5-2, 0, 7. 8, !>, 10, I. 



9 (30,874, Fort Whipple, near Trescott, Arizfinn, October 11, 18()4 ; Dr. t'oue.';). Li 

 .treneral appearance .scarcely dill'ci-ent I'rom the male. I'ppei- surface more ashy, thespeck.s 

 of whitish less numerous. Iieing confined chielly to the head; tho.se on the .scapulars, 

 however, are laru'c, though veiy sparse. The middle wing-coverts have each a conspicuous 

 ronndi.sh white spot near the cud of the outer web; the secondary coverts are similarly 

 marked, foi'inin.ii: a band acro.ss the wing. The ])riMiaries and tail are as in the male, 

 except that the latter has eight, instead ol' seven, white bands. The brown of the gular 

 band extends upward over the Ihi'oat to the rccin'ved leathers of the chin ; the white dots 

 in the brown of the sides aiv considerably laiyci- ;nid (though very irregidar) more circular 

 than in the male ; the slrijics on the abdomen, etc.. are rather broader and less deeply 

 black than in the male. Win.i.'. 4. on ; tail. 2. SO ; I'nlmen. .48. (Wing-formula as in male.) 

 ir.vn. P.acific Province of Xorth .\merica, from Vancouv(M' [.stand .southward ; Arizona 

 (Fort Whipple) ; Colorado (El Pas.) Co., Aikkx) ; Table-lands of ^[exico (Coll., G. X. 

 L,\wi!kxck). Perhaps whole of the Western Province, from the Rocky Mountains to 

 the Pacific. 



Olio .specimen in tlio collection (')9,(1(i0) differs frniii those cle.scribed in 

 much darker colors. The original laliel is lo.st, Imt it was prohahly received 

 I'rom the northwest coast, as tlie darker, more reddish colors bear about the 

 same relation to the paler ovay tints of the southern birds that the dark 

 northwest coast style of Snips (tsio (var. knniiroffi) does to tlie true nxlo. 

 Tiie stripes beneath are nearly jiure bhick, the general tint aliove bein^' a 

 recklish se]iia-bro\vii. Wiiio;, 3.(iri ; tail, 2.7U. 



