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j-onnp: birds. Of tlic former, mnny exiiniplcs exactly match Aiuliilion's type, wliili; 

 others iipproacli very closely -Mr. Aiken's speeiiueii in the sjirinjr plinnnjie. TIk; 

 yiiini;.', however, iiro in ii plumage entirely new. Wo give below descriptions of the 

 several stages of plumage : — 



Ail'df mith ill K/ir!i,<j (\o. 2,111, Miis. R. R., El Pnpo Counly, Polonido, :X[ay fi. W.' ; 

 C. E. AiUrn). (iroimd-eolor ot'llie lieiul iluop Inill', L'l'owing paluf towanl tlie tliroal, wliirli 

 is wiiilc ; crown slmrply streakoil with ilccp lilack, tlic«:treaks nggrej,'atc(l latciiilly so as in 

 form two biiikuu stripes; a cuiicalc s|ieck of black lU the iiosl-siipcrior coriici- of the au- 

 riciilars; maxillary stripe deep liull" lioiiiided aljovo and below by eoiiliiiiioiis slrii)es of 

 bliick, — one liom the rictus aloii.i,' lower edi;e ofelieeks, the other from side of chin ilowii 

 side of throat. Above pale hair-brown, the leathers paler, or brownish-white, exteruiilly, 

 and l)rownish-bla('k centrally. ]5ene:ith white, tinijed with Imlf across the Juuuhnn, wliere 

 thickly marked with cuneate streaks of deep black; sides sparsely streaked, the streaks 

 niore brown. ''Legs and lower niandilile llesh-c(_)Kii- j upjier iiiaudilile honi-color: Iocs 

 and claws dusky. Length, o.C2; extent, 0.(1 1." Whig, 2.80; tail, 2.1."); culnien, A')\ 

 tarsus, .80; nuddle toe, .00. 



Adult feinule in siimmri; exactly similar, hut rather smaller, and the colors duller ami 

 paler. 



Yoinig. in first plumage. Similar in general appearance to the adult in fall plumage, but 

 the markings more sull'used. All the contour feathers of the dorsal surface sharply bor- 

 dered terminally an<l laterally with white; sticaks .n (ho breast heavier ami shorter. 



Adult male in riulKwn (Xo. 1,113, ^lus. C. E. A., Kl I'aso County, t'nlniailo, October !>, 

 1872).' Ground-color oi' the head deep ochraceous, deepest on tlx; midille of the crown, 

 and gradually fading to bufl'y-white on the throat; featiiersof the crown with broad, deep 

 black medial streaks, these luu'rower toward the middle, ibrmiug two lateral liroadly lilack- 

 streakcd areas, with an intervening, badly defnied, deep-ochraceons, narrowly streaked 

 stripe. A distinct bkx'k spot behind the upper jiosterior corner of the auriculars; a 

 smaller one at the middle of their posterior edge, and two black streaks borderin.ir the li.irht- 

 ochraccous maxillary stri|)e, — a narrow one from the rictus along the lower edge of 

 the deeply ochraceous ear-coverts and suborbital region, and a heavy •• liridle '' on each 

 side of the throat. Lower parts bulTy-white, fading ii.to nearly pure white i.osleriorly ; 

 juirulum crossed by a series of heavy cuneate deep-black streaks, these continuing back- 

 ward along the sides, but becoming reddish on th<' Hanks; tiliia' bro\vnish-u:ray. Xcc'k. 

 later.'dly and jiostoriorly, li.irht ochraceous-yellow, each, feather with a sharply deliMcd 

 medial streak of black. Dorsal feathers di'cp black centrally, tluMi hair-brown (not reij. 

 dish), and broadly bordered with white, both latendly an.l terminally. Rump and upper 

 tail-coverts reddish hair-brown, each feather broadly liordercd with bully-white and with 

 a black shaft-streak. Gcnc-ral .aspect of the wings grayish-pinkish ochriueous. the feathers 

 all blackish centrally ; outer web of outer primary pure white. Tail-li'athers iilack, skirled 

 with whitish ashy-ochraceous. this lieconiing imre white on the lalci-al pair ol b athers, 

 the exterior of which is pale gray centrally. Linintr of wing iunnaculate pure white. 



Wing, 3.00; tail, 2.40; culnien. .45; de|.lh of bill, .23; tarsus. .8.') ; middle toe, .(".3 ; 

 lateral toes, .20 shorter; hind toe, ..3."). End of the wing formeil by the four outer (piills, 

 of which the seconil and third are eipial and longest, the fust and fourth equal and just 

 a|)preciably shorter : tertials considerably longer than the secondaries, ami only .20 shorler 

 than the longest primaries. Tail deeply emarginated (fork .20 dee[>), the lateral feathers 

 longest. 



The following measurements of about tiiirty fresh specimens, kindly furnished 

 us by Dr. Coues, indicate the normal variation in size : " Tiie males range from 



' This sppi'iraen Is the typo of C. m-hroerjilmhts, Aikkn, Ain. Nut. AMI. Ai>ril, IST^i, p. 236. 



