156 NOUTII AMERICAN BlUnS. 



tvons-rnfons, palest postoriorly. iln' wlioli' rcirion iminapulatc AViiipf-foriiiula, 3. 2- 1 - 1, 

 ij. Wiiij:, !).!)() ; tail, (i.70: tarsus, 1.02; iiiidill.' toe, 1.15. 



Ad'ill 9 (42,(l7(i, Miniiloi'; Saitorius). .Similar lo tliu iiialci in aliiicist cvcrv icspoot. 

 riiinilieous above latliiT daikor and nmrc nnilbnn, altliouL'li llu' dill'iicnci' is scarii'lv 

 pcirc'ptilik'. 8t'('()U<lariL's nioir liroadly lipiR'd willi while, and ii|ip('r lail-cdxcrls www 

 c'oiis|)icnoiisly liair('<l with the saint'. Wliilc hars of the lilack aivas licncalli si-aii->lv 

 ob.si'fvublo. Tail with citiht while hai's, as in the niali^ lonjiest piiniaiy with Inuilccu 

 wliitt! bars on iinii'i- well nf loniTi'st. \Vin,!,'-lonnnla, .'!. 2 1-5=1. Wintr. II. .10; lail. 

 lfi(1; taisn.s, 1.7<l; middle toe, l..')5. 



Jtn: u {intermediate sliii/f). ^ (;>7..^•^l, Mazallan, \V. Mexiro; ("ol. .\. ,\, Oray.son). 

 Phnnhoons above duiker :iiiil more brownish, nnil'orni from rnmp to hi'ad, the lonner 

 stroni;ly tin^'ed willi rusty, . > bonleriniif the r'alliers. Tail darker and more l)r(pwnish; 

 while liars ten in nnniber, insti'ad of eij;ht, iiai'rower. and tini,'ed with brownish; loni;est 

 primary with thirteen bars ol' white on innei' web. LiniiiL' of the winu: bl.nek, l.'avinjj 

 only a broad ochraeeous stripe alonjj llie e(l;,'e; feathers of ilic Maek porlicin with small 

 cireular white spots alonj; their edjres. IJreasI slroniily TniLied with oehraeeons, and with 

 lartre lonyitndiiial bloli/hes of Mack of cnneate I'oi-m, and so erowdi'd as to nive almost 

 the ]iiedoniinalinn- eolor ; the black patehi's laek entirely the white bais. Winu'-fornuilii. 

 ;i =2-4- 1-.'.. Win;;, 10.00 ; tail, 7.20. 



9 (55,Ol!(, Ma/atlan, Grayson). Similar to the last, but laekini,' Ihe rn-ly linjro on 

 tlierninp; tail with eij^lit while bars, as in the adult; pectoral stripes nai-rower and less 

 numerous than in the preeedinir, and white liars distinguishable on the black areas. Winj,'- 

 fornnila, .'3, 2 - l - 1 - 5. Win;.', 1 1.:'.0 ; tail, S.20. 



h (Jirst jilumugc). $ (I5,(I0;J and -l!t,5()8. Buenos Ayros, Conehilas; William II. 

 Hudson). Similar to iunnatnn} male (.■57,'!;) 1 1. .Miove dull umber-drab, darker on 

 the head; feather.s of Iiack, scapular, rump, and winirs fadinu; on ed^es : rnmp much 

 tiuired with rusty, tins borderinu' the feathers. T.iil with nine vi'ry cilisolele. narrow, 

 dull white bai's, the.se not touching]; Ihe ed^e of Ihe feather on eilher web. Loiij;-est 

 primary with ten transverse while baiv on iuni'r web. Heuealh pale ochiaeeons, almost 

 as deep anteriorly as posteriorly; dark are.ts restricted to a larL;(' pal<h on each side, and 

 dull dark brown (very similar lo the winjrs), inst<'ad of black, and scarcely varied ; breast 

 and upper part of abdomen (between ihi' blackish lateral [latchesj with lai'ue liin,i;itudinal 

 cuueate blotehes of the same. '• Winlei' visiloi'.'' 



IIai!. Whole of .South Anu'rica ; uoiihward llirouiih Central .\meriea and Mexico, 

 across the Hio (irande, into Texas anil Xew Mexico. 



Localities: (inatemala (Sci,. Ibis, I,21!l); Calha-ena (Cassis, Pr. An. X. S. ISdO. l;!2) ; 

 La Plata (BrnM. Heise, 437); Mexiana l.^ci.. ^ Salv. 1S07, 5!)0) ; lira/il (Pi:i.z. U. Pras. 

 1,4); Buenos Ayres (Sei,. k, Sai.v. ISiiS, 143); Chile (I'liii.ippi) ; W. Pern (Set.. & 

 Sai.v. 1S58, 570; ISGl). 155) ; Venezuela (Sei,. & Sai.v. 18(i!), 252). 



A specimen ffoiii riinioiiiiy (r)M,7:'.8, ^ • <"i>l'<- T- -^ l'^".^''. ^- ^''- ^) 1>'^3 

 tlie sliity above liojiter lliiiii in the .Mii'atlni' iimle, a|i|ir(iacliiii,if to iisli. Tiiu 

 wliite bai's im tlie lilaek sidopatclies are veiy iniiuci'mis iiiid I'cuiiiar; tlio 

 Avliite of the forehead i.s more sliarj)!}' deiined, and the deeji iiil'escent-oclii'u 

 of the posterior ])ortion of the; jiostocnhir slii])e is even (h'epcr than that of 

 the tiliiie, etc. ; tlie breast has a few narrow blackisli streaks. The liars on 

 \vin},'s and tail, however, are as in ]\Ie.xiean e.\ani])les. Tiiis s])e('inien prolj- 

 ably denotes <,'reater a^e than tiny otlier in the series. 



Another specimen (2',l,S()',l, 9 , .Miraihir), perhaps very yonno, is ratlier 

 difl'ertMit from the others in tlie eolunitioii of the low cr jjarts ; the nil'uus of 



