FALCO.\II)-E — THE KALCO.NS. 



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US^T OK SPKfl.MKXS ICXAMIKKP. 



Xiiliiin.il Miisouii), 104; Boston Hocii/ly, 'J(>; Pliiliulclplii;! Academy, 7; Miis. Comp. Zoul., 

 ()(!; New Voi-k Miisuuiii, 7: Call. (!. X. I.awreiiw, 4; Cab. 11. Riili,nvay, 4. Total, lilS. 



Mcusiin iiii'ii/n. 



Var. isabcllinus, Swaixson. 



Fah-o isahdlbui.^, Swainson, An. Jli'iia,";. \\. 281, 181)8. Tianunculus spnrcerimt, var. iia- 

 bclliiiii/i, IvllKiWAV, P. A. X. S. Pliil. Dei'. 1S7II, p. 149. Tiiiniiucitlita (loiiiiniccHsis 

 (not of G.MK.L. I), SriMi'KL. Oiii. Syn. 1, 100, 1855 (in [lart only). 



Sp. CiiAit. AihtH iiiuh (3,8 11, Pniiric :Mcr Rouge, La., .Tudl", 18.5:!; " .1. F."). Much 

 like vai'. sjKirrcritis, Ijut consiilcralily ilarkui' in colors; pluinl icons, crown ilark with 

 no nifon.-; on vertex, nor darker shaft-lines. Rufous aliove iinirc [lurplish-caslaneous ; 

 cinei'cous of winys much darker ; neck, jnguhnn. lireast, and sides (lcc[) soft ochraoeou.s, 

 spots very few, and restricted to tlie sides. \Vin,L;\ 7.00; tail, 4.70 ; tarsus, 1.25; middle 

 toe, .Oil; (•iihiien, .50. Winf^-I'ornnda, 2, o - 4, 1. 



Adiill fntiiilr (.58,:!:!0, .Jacksonville, Fla., June 10, 1800; C. .1. Maynard). DilTerin,? 

 from the female of var. sjiiirrrritis in nnieli <larker coloi's, ihc rufous iiiclininu' to castancous; 

 liars liroader, more shai'ply (lelincd, pure lilack. Head aliove pine dai'k plumlicous, con- 

 s|iicuoir<ly dilfercnt from the line liuht ash <if var. n/iiirrfriiin ; vertex with touches only 

 of rul'ons ; nnukinn's licncalh narrowei-, and iu.'arly pure lilack, upon a deeper ochraceous 

 jrround. Wiuff, 7.20; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.20; middle toe. .8'5 : euhucn. .42. Primaries, 

 2,;j-l,4.^ 



IIah. Xorlli Atlantic and Caiilihe.an coasts of South America, from Demerara north- 

 ward, idon-- Ihe Gulf coast of Mexico and United States, throu;jli Texas and Louisiana to 

 Floriila. 



This luiiu, tlinuoli .jiiite ilin'ereiit in it.': o.xtremo cniiditidn from true apar- 

 vcriiis, jfradiiiilly gmdes into it. Few, if any, otlicr .sjicciniL'ii.s pos.sess in so 

 e.Xiiogoiiileil a dcorcc all the distinctive cliafactris of those de.scrilicd, thnuerh 

 all from the reojons indicated iiofee in liavino dai'ker color.-: and less rui'onn ou 

 the crown tiian specimens Irom the interior oi" Xorth and IMiddle America. 



A series of six adidt male S])arro\v Ifawks from Florida, kindly loaned mo 

 for examination liy Mr. J. A. Allen, includes three typical examjiles of this 

 littoral race oi' sidjt topical continental America. They all aoree in very deep 

 dark colors, e'lii re ai)sence or merely slio-lit indication of nifoiis on tlu^ verttix, 

 and deeply ochraceous hreast, with few markiiio,s. Xo. 14,4'.>'.l ;'Miami, Fla., 

 Juno r.), 1871) is remarkatile lor lackino' entirely the black pots on winus 

 and Hanks, and bars on the hack or loiiocr .scapulars; the three outer tail- 

 feathers are almost wholly ashy-white, with ahniit tivc transverse spots of 

 hlack ; the terminal wliitt! hand is .stroimly tinojed with ash; there is no 

 tnico of rufons on the crown. A\nno;, (i.Sd ; tail, 4.S(). 



In the nnspotted winos and sides tind nnliarred scai)iilars there is a reseni- 



