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wliitp, nmrlv ]WU' niid iiii«i")tt«il mi ih.. Inivliciul ; hIiIch uI' llif neck iiml rutii|) tinffwl with nxliv, 

 iiml liuviiin iiri'^iilar tnin^viTm! ^pots dI' IjiowiuhIi Muck mi the Imrk, Kni|iiiliirH, uinl wiiin-covt-rtM ; 

 till! l)ri)Wiii«li lilaik liv«iuriitly iircdmiiiiiiitiiiK on lliim its, uihI tln' niiiip uImo rrciumilly with 

 iraiifivfrsi; Imw ol' tliu muiv. Lowlt pint ul ihu ubiloiucii, tiliia, aixi uikIjt tail-covi-rlH, wliile. 



Siiiniiiir /iliniKii/c. 



Qm\h, hrownisli hlai'k, lii,'lit('r on tlioir iniuT wi-lw, with a iniiMlc pmlinii of their Khaftw white, 

 mill a narrow hinj^'itudinal wtripe ol' wliile lienuently on the .shorter ]iriniarieN ami serondarii'H. 

 Tail while, with transverse iinperlect narrow hamls ol' lilauk. The lilaek eolnr ol' the ninler imrtu 

 ^,'enerally with a faint hroiizeil or coppery lustre, and presentinj,' a scale-like appearaiu'o ; the 

 hrownith black of the upper parts with a greenish lustre. Mill and le^^s Mack ; iris hrown. I'oioij/cr 

 and winter plKmnyn : En'iro upper parts dark hrown, with circular mid irrp^ular small spots of 

 white, and freipiently of yellow, most numerous on the winj,'-coverts ; njjper tail-coverts white. 

 Under parts white, with Hhort longitudinal lines and Hpots of dark hrownish cinureouH on the neck 



Winter plumage. 



and breast ; quills brownish black, with n lar},'e lon^dtudinal space of wliite on their inner webs and 

 also on the outer webs of the .shorter primaries. Young: Upper parts lighter, and with the white 

 spots more irregular or less rounded ; narrow lines on the neck and breast more numerous. 



Total length about 11^ inches; wing, 7^ ; tail, 3 inches; culmen, about 1.10; tarsus, 1.95 ; 

 middle toe, 1.15. 



We can discover no ditl'erence between American specimens and those from Europe. In the 

 young and winter plumage there is considerable variation in the di.stinctness of the yellow wash 

 on the upper parts, the light markings of the upper surface being in some examples entirely of 

 this color, while in others there is scarcely even a tinge of it. 



