172 NORTH AMEIUCAN J5IKI)S. 



bliiuce in tliis spcciineii to /'. /ninyi/iri/.'i ; wliicli, however, has the ash very 

 iiuieh ligliter, the ohick "mustaclie" obsolete or waiitiii,^', the h)\ver breast jmre 

 wliite instead of deej) oehraeeous ; the under surfaee of tlie ])rin>ai'ies plain 

 white, v;itli shaUow diishy serrations ahin^- llie slial't, instead of beini;' heavily 

 barred with dusky ; always has a ]iaieli of rufous on the crown, a conspicuous 

 frontal and superciliary stripeof wliite, and an entirely ditl'erenlly marked tail. 

 In its nmcli barred tail it also resenildes tlie var. donnnlrmsls to a slinht 

 extent ; but the latter has the middle feathers also barred, and always has the 

 scajiulars, i^euerally the entire dorsal rej^ion, heavily barred with black, and 

 tlie wings, lireast, and sides heavily spotted ; the bill is larger, and there 

 is always more or less rui'ous on the clown. The other two specimens are 

 more like the average ; they both have a mere trace of rufous on the crown, 

 conspicuous liars on the scapulars, and sjiots on the wings. Xo. 5,188 

 (Ilibernia, Fla., February ;">, 18G',i) has only a few black sjiecks on the Hanks ; 

 the outer tail-feather ashy-white, with seven transverse lilack spots across 

 inner web. Wing, ().80 ; tail, 4.80. Xo. H.^To (Hawkinsville, Ra., :March 

 12, 18()'.l) is similar, but has liie Hanks distinctly sjiotted with bhudv, and the 

 outer tail-feather with inner web ]ilain pale rufous, M'itli only the subter- 

 miiial large black spot. Wing, ().8() ; tail, 4.80. 



A series of ten specimens (live males and five feinales'i from Morida, 

 kindly sent me for e.\amination by ]\Ir. ( '. .F. Maynard, contains nothing but 

 var. xpanrriii.'i, with a few individuals inclining slightly toward var. isahi'l- 

 linus. The extreme are measurements ol' tiie scries as follows : $. Wing, 

 C.0O-C).0O; tail, 4.0O- 4.70. 9. Wing, O.OO - 7..")0 ; tail, 4.80- o. 10. Four 

 out of the five males iiave the deeply oehraeeous uns]iotte(l breast of var. 

 imh(:irnni>^,\mt ixlWvAMi more or less rufous on the crown, while the ash is 

 of that light shade seen in var. sjinrri rin.s. N'o. 470 has tlie up]ier tail- 

 coverts mi.xed with feathers wiiicli arc either wholly or partially ash, while 

 the light liands of the outer tail-featiiers are niiicli tinged with the same ; 

 the scajiulars are almost wholly line ash, like the wings, and with heavy 

 black bars. The females likewisi! all incline toward var. l-siilii/linHt:, all 

 Iia\iiig the dark bars aboNc e(|Ual to or broader than the rufous ones. No. 

 0,44! is transversely s] lotted on the Hanks with heavy black bars, and is 

 scarcely distinguishable from ieiiiale-i of \ar. (/iiiiiiiiiii'iisi.-<. 



An adult male labelled a- coming I'roii: ( 'iiba. but proliably iVom the 

 southeastern I'liited Stall's, in the collection of the llostoii Society, is so 

 deeply colored a-^ lo strongly resemble the young male of T. s/mrri rDi'i/c^. 

 There is not a trace of rufous on the crown, which is dark pliinibcous : the 

 lower parts are entirely deep rufous, exccjit the throat, inclining moi(^ to 

 oidiraceous on the tibia' and ciissum : the whole lower surface entirely fret- 

 from spots of any kind. The tail is very uniformly marked, lieiiig wholly 

 rufous, except the usual narrow terminal band, or the outer web of lateral 

 feathers, which are white, — the hitter with a few indications of Idack sjiots 

 near the shaft, — and tla,' usual Mibterminal /.one of black, which is verv 



