FAlA'OXID.K — TllK I'AI.CoXS. Jgg 



ilic jiiirnluin ; thrnnt ^'niyish-wliilc. Inner wcli.^ of ]irinii\fi('s slaty, 

 with ffiiiisvci'sc clniidiiij:'.-: of ilurkcr. 9' I'iHi'iiiit: rniin tliiil of tlic 

 iilinvr .-iic'cii's in ilark nilniis lower [lai'ls iinil iliisUy, niollleil inner 

 welis 111' |ii'ini:nii's. Seedinl ami lliini i|iiills Ioiil-c-I ; lirsl shorter than 

 o) 'Mpial to r.iurlh. Ildh. Cuba (only ?). 



Tlu' tlistiiioiiisliiiii^' cliiiraclcis oj' /'. .•ijnirirrinti Iiiiviii;,' liecii ,!j;iv(,'n in tlie 

 Inic.Udiiio- syiin|isis, I will lifiv fiiiisiiU.T this Species in rc.v'unl tn tlie iiiodiliLa- 

 li<iiis it expL'i'iiMicL'.s in tlio dillbreiil re<;ions ul' its ^CDgiaiiiiiciil (listi'il)utinn. 



Tlu! wliulc 1)1' continental Anu'riea, I'roni tlio Art'tie regions to almost the 

 extreme of Sontli America, and from ocean to ocean, is inlialiiteil, so far as 

 kiuiwn, hy l)ut tills oni! sjiecies oC Tnnni/iin/iis. lUil in (litlerent portions 

 of this vast extent of territoi'V the species ex])eriences modilications under 

 the iulluence ol' certain climatic and other local conditions, which are here 

 characterized as ,ij;e(\L;rai)]dcal races ; these, let mc say, present tlieir distinc- 

 tive characteristics with j^reat uidrormily and constaiu;y, altiiough the dit- 

 t'crenci's i'rom tlie typical or restricted sjiamrii's an; not very great. The 

 /'. ajHirirriiiji as restricteil, or what is more projierly termed var. sp((rirriiin, 

 inhabits tlie whole of North and ^Middle- America (both coasts iuclnded, 



ili'rin',' it nearly to (lie Imsc ; the lateral feather has both wehs conliinKms ileep eliestnut, the 

 lip slate, the suhterniiiial spot and shaft hiaik. Chin anil thi'Dal tlull ashy-white ; rest of lower 

 ]iarts eiintimious deep chestnut-rnlnns, this jialest on the anal re.!,'ioM, and tin^vil with slate 

 aeross the jn.Liuhiin as well as on the llaidis, where there are a very few darker spots. (The ehe.-,t- 

 luit lieneath is iinspoltecl.) Inner welw of primaries mottled alonj; the eilj,'e with paler slate, this 

 runiiin,' in jininls toward the shafts, f,'ivin,^' an idea of bars. Wii.n-formula, 2, :i- 1, 1. AViiig, 

 7.011; tail, 4. ITi ; tar^ns. ].:!! ; middle toe, .'.Ml; eulmen, .fja. 



g {■2'.\r,7'.<, I'nl.a, A|.ril 2',; ChaWes Wrifjht). Mead above, dark plumbeons ; f,.athers with 

 darker shaft-lines : blaek .striiies of head more sharply delliied than in the male. Above, (fon- 

 tiiuKinsly dei'p rnfous (bri^diter and more ferrn;,'inons than in the ditlerent styles of s/mnrrin.s), 

 eontinu.msly liarred, as in var. siiKrrn-hin, bnt blaeker, the bars on npper part of baek with 

 teiidenry to loni;itndinal direetion. Tail with twelve narrow, sharply defnied bars of bhiek ; 

 but the t;i<'nnil-eolor eontinuons rufous to the tip, the lateral feather as (h'eply rufous a.s the 

 middle. Imiei- webs of primarie.s deep rusty-rufous, with twcdve very narrow traiisvei-.se liars 



of dusky I'rossin.i,' to the ed,i;e. The ndddle area of tl ar-eoverts, with the i hin ami throat, is 



dull wh. e; the rest of the lower parts (inrludinj; .side of the neck) and whide liniii^j; of the 

 win,^' an- deeii rusty-rufous, jialer on the (frissum, nearly white on the anal re.uion ; these iv^'ions 

 have no spotN exeept on the Hanks, where are a few narrow transverse bars. Wiiij,'- formula, '_>, 

 ;i--l, 1. Wiuir, 7. On : fuil, .(.-I.-, ; tarsu.s. 1.;!ll; middle toe, .<in ; eulmen, .ol. 



.///(■. (? (:i!MiiS, Ihinedios, Cuba, Deeend.er 11, lS(i:! ; N. \l. liishop). (i,.neral apjiearanee 

 of the adult ; but baek, seapular.s, rump, and upper tail-.'overts ehe.stnut-rufous, uinforni with 

 the tail ; these parts are, however, striini,dy i loudeil with more bluish .slate, and the lilaeki.sh .spot.s 

 are more dislinet. The blaek .!one of the tail runs more .sharply aero.s.s, and is narrower than in 

 the adult. The middle area of the ear-eoverts is nearly as lif;ht as the throat. The rulbii.s 

 beneath is h'.ss ea.staneon.s, as W(dl as le.ss eoiitinuous, beromini,' nearly white on abdonuMi ami 

 tibia; the shity tin^'e on the ju!,'uluni i.s wautiiif,'. Win.L^-formula, ,!, i-.l, _]. AVin^', O.S.'j ; 

 tail, .J.lMi ; tar.-ns, l.-Jii; iiiidille toe, .!Mi ; eulmen, .oO. 



? Vl^JiWu .Monte Verde, Cuba, .luly Hi, ISiil ; Charles \Vri,i,ditV Dilferiiif; from the adult in 

 the .same resjiects as does that of .s/»/,v, ,/,/s', the ehief dilferenees eousistiiij; in the deeper eliest- 

 nut of the tail, and broader and blaeker bars above. Kufons beneath, with numerous sagittate 

 spots of blaek ; lower lail-eoverts with .subterminal bars, and liiiiii,i; of the wiii<r with sparse 

 streaks of the .same. l'luiiia.i;e generally with a bh'uded aiijiearanee. ■\Vinf;-foriiuila, 2, :!- 1 — 1, 



