270 NORTH AMKRICAX BIRDS. 



brown. ;iii(l willi (pi.Tlratc .«]i(ils ol' while mi diili'i' wclis. Rum]i niiironn blnckisli-lirown ; 

 ujiiici' lail-ciivfi'ls ii|i|iril ami luiinlcil willi liliii/k. Tiiil clear lnownisli-lilack. (tdsscmI with 

 .-iix sliai'iily ileliiied narniw ban. Is of while, the last of wliich is leniiiiial, ami llic lli'sl two 

 eoiieealeil by the iiii|ief coverts. I.iiiinj,'' of the wiiii;' nearly iiiiilbiaii pale rufous, -with very 

 sparse, ileeper rulbiis, somewhat transverse spots; iimler siirl'aee of primaries silvery white, 

 crossed by broad bands, thesi.^ when; the wliili^ is clearest lnMni: l>ale iiifons, bordereii with 

 dnsky, but as the while jriows more silvery they darken into black: the longest (fourth) 

 has eijj:lit of these s[>()ts. inclmlinLr the siibieiniinal. very broad one. I'"ouith (piill lon^'p.st; 

 liftli, just perceptibly shorter: third, a little shorter; second, considi'ralily lomrer than 

 sixth; first etpial to ninth. Win.tr, KJ.itO: tail, S..")(l ; tarsus, li.OO; middle toe. l.:!,'!. 



AdiiU foniiile (ll,!i91 \Vashin;:ton. I). ('. ; Dr. W. U'allai'c). (ieiierally similar to the 

 male, but rufous nioro e.xtemled, this liiiLtiiij;- the outer web.s of secondaries and primaries. 

 Oil the under parts ll.c rufous is rather deeper, and the tibiie an? slromrly bai'ied, and oven 

 lhi> lowei- tail-co\ei'ts have olisolutc spots of the same. Willi;'. lli.7">; tail, !),(M); tarsus, 

 •_'.:lll; middle toe. 1 .."lO. 



Yoioii/cr (ll.dSo, Wasliinuton. D. C ; Dr. (Jones). I'pper pliimaL''e precisely as in 

 adult, but the black prevaililiir on head above, and nape. ISeiieath ocliraci^ous-white, 

 deepest on the libiie: breast, abdomen, sides, and libiie. with diamond-shaped spots of 

 dark riifoiis-luown. connei ted alon^' the sliaft of the I'eatiicrs. rimniiifr thus, in a peculiar, 

 loiiiritudinal. chain-like seri<'s (lll..")0: 4'J,.'i() : cere, legs, and feet bright chrome-yellow; 

 anterior si'ales of tarsus with greenish tinge). 



YoHUfi iiiiili- (N'd, l.'JId), (iroimd-color ofheail, neck, and under ])arts white; (V'ather.s 

 of head and neck, with medial stripes of dark clear vandyke-browii, leaving a superciliary 

 space, and the car-coverts scarcely striped; a blackish sulfiisiou over checks, foi-niing a 

 " miistai'hc," ami large longitudinal spot of tlio same on middle of throat ; breast, abdo- 

 men, sides, and Hanks, with rather sparse, irregularly s.agittate .spots of clear vaiidyke- 

 biown, tliosi'on thcsidi's of breast more longitudinal; tibiic, with a faint ochraceous tingo, 

 and with s])arse, small, and irregular sjiecks of brown ; lower tail-coverts with a very lew 

 distant isolated bars of the same. I'pper parts generally, clear lark vandyke-brown ; 

 interscapulars and wing-coverts edged (most broadly beneath the surface) with pale rufous; 

 middle wing-coverts with much white spotting on uppi'r webs, partiall}' exposcii ; wing- 

 coverts generally, and si'apiilars, narrowly bordered with white; secondaries nariowly 

 tipped with white, and crossed with about four (exjKi.sed) bands of paler grayish-brown; 

 primaries inclining to black; faintly margined at ends, with whitish: outer web.s anterior 

 to the emarginatiou, rnfous-white, with distant, narrow bar.s of blackish, these widening 

 on inner (iiiills: upjier tail-coverts white with transverse spots of blacki.sh. Tail dark 

 vandyke-brown, narrowly tipped with wliiti', anil crossed with numerous narrow bands 

 of pide grayisli-br(jwn, these obsolete towanls the Iiase. i.ining of the wing pale ochra- 

 ceous, willi a few irregularly cordate spots of dark lirown toward edge of wing; under 

 surface of ]iriniaries mostly while, the dusky iiars not extending across the web, excejit 

 on inner ipiills. Wing, liJ.'J.'i; tail, !).;50; tarsn.s, 2.85; niiddle toe, 1.40. 



YiiiuKj fviiitih- (I l,!)lll. Washington, D. ('., January; ('. Drexler). Almost precisely sim- 

 ilar; tibiie mispolled ; light bands of the tail more sharply dcliiieil basally, ami ])ale mottled 

 rufcius, instead of jiale ashy lirown. Wing, 14..")0; tail, 0.00; tarsus, .'i.lO; middle toe, 1.4"). 



IIaii. Hasten! N. .\m. ; south to Florida; west to Texas and the tributaries of the 

 Missouri. 



bocaliiies: Orizaba, .'<i-i,. I S."i7, 211; 8. E. Tex.as. DnicssKn, \h\», 18Go, 3'2o (breeds); 

 Iverness .Shore, England (Feb. 2(1. 180:i). Ni:wco.\ii:, Iliis, 18G.J, u40. 



LIST OF ?Pt:rlMKX.'! KX.VMTNED. 



Xational Museum. ID: I'hiladelphia .\cadcniy. 14: iioston .'^ocioty, 8; Mas. Cambridge, 

 K'l: Cab. O. N. Lawrence, -1; (',,11. R, Ridgway. 4. Total, {'>:,. 



