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wide of the head, l)(?l<)\v the eyes, iiicludiiif; the mnlar ro<,'ioii .'iiid chin, puro white; ri'st ol" neck, 

 entire njiiier piirta, sides, and tl;iiiks, rich chcstnut-rutbus or puriilisli-ferruf^inoiis ; win^-coverts 

 and nii(Ulle of the runipchisky grayisii brown, minutely mottled with paler ; remiyes dull brownish 

 dusky ; rcctriuea brownish black, the shafts deeii black ; lower parts white on the surface, lut the 



Male. 



concealed portion of all the feathers dark brownish sffiy, showing when the feathers arc disarran"ed, 

 tmd in midsummer specimens completely exposed by abrasion of the ti|)s of the feathers ; ju"nluni 

 strongly washed with fnlvous-bulf, this sometimes invadin<:; the alKlomen. Lower tail-coverts 

 entirely white, to the roots of the featliers. " Dill and edges of the eyelids grayish blue ; iris 



Female. 



hazel; feet dull grayish blue, webs inclining to dusky ; claws grayish brown " (ArnunoN). Adult 

 female : Top of the liead, down to below the eyes, and upper parts generally, dusky grayish brown, 

 mimitely freckled with pale grayish fulvous (more reddish on the head) ; remainder of the head 

 dirty grayish white, crossed longitudinally by a stripe of speckled dusky, running from the rictus 

 back across the auriculars, parallel with the lower edge of the brown of the top of the head ; neck 

 pale brownish gray, fading gradually into the white of the chin ; lower parts, except sides and 

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