204 



Noirnr amkiucan ihhds. 



IrssiM' wiii;i;-c()V('rls, primaries, iiml upper lail-cincrls, lin' tail liciiif,' nearly piiru lilaek. 



I'riliiarii'S wilii an indistinet narrow coneealcil slri| I' elieslnul-rnl'dns (in llio outer 



welps, nnil laru'er spots of the same on liie inner welis ; lealiiers ol' llie lieail. Meek, and 

 lower parts alunplly pnre wliile lienealli tliesnrl'aee, tiiis siiowinf,' in partially exposed spots 

 on tlio peeloial rej,'ion and erissuni. Seajinlars also with larye eoneealed while spots. 

 Hhal'ts ofprinniries anil tiiil-teatiiers lilaek on Imth sides. Win^'-I'ornmla, .'1, "J - t - ')-(>, I. 

 First prinniry anjjularly, the second eoneavely, eniar>;inati'd. Tail eniarjjiiialed, lateral 

 feather lon;,'est ; depth of fork. .10. Winfj-, 11. To; tail, (),80 ; eiilnien, .(ill; tarsns. l.liO; 

 middle toe. l.l.'i. 



Aihill fimulc (No. I.l«7. Coll. Hid.u'way, Iliehlnnd Co., 111.. .Vni,nist 10, 1,S71). 

 Similar to the male, lint heai. and seeondaries ileeidfdly darkei'. hardly appronchinj; lii,dit 

 nsh ; seareely any tr«e<' of rul'ons on the primaries, none at all on (inter welis; shafts of 

 tail-feathers while on nnder side. \Vin;j-, 11. SO; tail, "i.'l't. Bill, cere, eyelids, niid int(,>rior 

 of month, deep hlai'k; iris deep lake-red; rietns oraiiffored ; tar.si and toes ])inki.sli 

 oran<,'e-i('cl; lower jiart of tarsii.s and lar<,'o seiitelliu of toos dnsky. (Notes from fresh 

 speeiiiiens, the ones aliove deserilied.) 



JiiiiiKifiirc iiiiilf (transition pliiina;,'e: I.ISS, Coll. Iiiil;;way, Uiehland Co., III., 

 .Antiiist 'Jl, 1^71.) Similar to the adult female, lint the white spots on hasal portion of 

 pectoral and erissid feathers distinctly e.\po.«eil ; ,so(;ondaries not li,L;liter than rest of the 

 winj,'. Tail-feathers with aiiLTiilar white spots e.\tendiiifi ([iiite across the imier wehs, 

 pro(ln<iii;j; tliret' distinet transver.se bands when viewed from helow. Inner weh of onter 

 primary mostly white anterior to the omari,'iniitioii, Wini;, lO.'jO; tail, (i.2."). Color of 

 bill, etc., ns in the lulnlt, lint interior of month whitish, and the iris le.ss pnre carmine, 



IiiniKifiiir /I'liKilr (Coll. Philadepliia Academy, lied Fork of the Arkansa.s, ISoO ; Dr, 

 Wooilhoiise;. Similar to the last. Winjr, 1 l.ltl; tail, li,;il, 



Yinnii/ female (first pliimau'c ; Coll. Philadelphia Academy, North Fork Canadian 

 Uiver. Sept('inher 1!*, IS.'jl ; Dr. Woodhonsc), Head, neck, and lower |)arts white, with 

 ayellowisii tiiine; this most iiereeptilile on the tiliiie. Each feather with a medial lonj,'itn- 

 (linid ovate .sjiot of blackish-hrown ; more reddish on the lower parts. The chin, throat, 

 and a broad superciliary stri]ie, are inimaonlate white. Lower tail-covert.s each with a 

 medial acinninate spot of rnsly, the .shaft black. Upjier parts browni.sh-black; winj;;- 

 coverl.s, scapulars, and iiitersi.'a|)iilars, feathers of the rniiip, and the upper tail-eovert.s, 

 narrowly bordered with ochraceoiis-white, and with concealed (piadrate spot.s of the 

 same ; primary coverts, seeoiidnrie.s, and primaries .sharply bordered terminally with piwe 

 white. Tail black (faintly whitish at the tip), with three (exposed) olxscnre bands of a 

 more .slaty tint ; this cliaiii;iim' to white on the inner webs, in the Ibrm of angular spot.s 

 IbrmiiiL'' iIk; bands. Liniii!,' of the wins' I'i'l'' ochraeeoius, transversely spotted with rusty 

 riifons; iimU'r primary-covcrls with transverse spots of white. Win.u', 11.00; tail, (i.40. 



II.Mi. Central Mexico and Soiitliern I'liited States; common as far north as Georgia 

 (accidental in Pennsylvania, ViscKxr l>.\nxAiiii), on the Atlantic coast, and Illinoi.s, Iowa, 

 and Wisconsin, in the Mississippi Valley. E.xceedlngly abundant siunmer bird on the 

 prairies of Southern Illinois. 



Locidities; Coban (Sai.viv, Iliis, III, 18(il, '.i^)i>): E. mid N. Texas (Duesser, Ibis, 1865, 

 327); Chester Co., I'a. (brce(ls; B.vux.\uii.) 



LIST OF SI'ECI.MKN.S EXAMINED. 



National Museum, ; Philadeljihia Ac.ideniy, 4 ; New York Museum, 1 ; Cambridge 

 Mu.seum, 1 ; Cab. O. N. Lawrence, 1 ; R. Ridgway. .3. Total, 10. 



Measurements. 



Culmtn. 



.CO - .Oo 



.00 - .05 



Tarsus. 



1.35 - 1.55 

 1,30-1,40 



Miiiiiu r.x. 



1.00-1,10 

 1.00-1.05 



Speeimens. 







