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2Igialiti8 alezandrina nivosa. 



THE BHOWT FLOVEB. 



tEijialUis nivom, ('Aiwix, in Builds U. N. Am. 1S58, OOtt (San Franei8;;o, Cal.). — B\iiil>, Cat. N. 



Am. li. 1808, no. uOD. 

 ^Eiji(i'iti.ii-iiuti'iniii, var. iiivosii.t, liiiiuw. Am. Nat. VIII. 1874, 100. — Coi'Es, Chock List, 1873, 



A|ni. p. lii'i, no. 401. 

 .Egiiilili'i •■'iiili'iiiii-t iiivn.iii.i, Uiiir.w. Norn. N. .Vni. B. 1882, no. 521. — CoUEs, Check List, 2d eil. 



1882, no. 5111. 

 ^Eginlili* canlianuK, ('"ri;s, Key, 1872, 215. 



Had. Wt'steru Provimc "I' N'tniii AincriLa, both coasts of Midtlle America, nnd Western South 

 Aim'i'ii'.'i as l"iir as Cliili ; Ciilni I ' 



Si'. CiiAK. Hill sK'iiilt r, wliolly (Ucp Mack, as h\v^ as the middle toe. AtluU vml : Fonjhead, 

 Biiponiliary rt'ijion, indistinct nuchal collar, and entire lower parts, pure white ; a hand acros* the 

 fore part of the crown, auriculars, ami tran.'t verse jMitch on each side of the breast, black. Upiier 



Smnmer plitmafie. 



parts, rather li>?ht brownish fjray, the crown and occiput usually tinged with lifrht reddish buff. 

 Primaries, dusky with white shafts, the inner (juills marked with white ; inner secondaries almost 



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t A.lfiuiiroKlris, Lawii. (Aim. Lye. N. Y. VII. Feb. 1802, p. 455), presumably the same species. 

 T le (li'sciiptjoii is as follows : — 



" Fniidli- : ( 'rowii, iH'ciput, niid Imck ciiiPi'i'ous, the fentlicrs with grnyisii-wliitc mnrj;iiis ; winR-i'ovorts 

 xoniovvlint darker tiiaii tin' back, tL> ends of the larger coverts white, formin}; a transverse liiir on the 

 wing ; primaries iiinlKT-brown with tlit' iunei' wel)s lighter, except at tin- en<l, and iiaving the shafts 

 white ; the secDinlaiies are of the same color as the primaries, and tipped with white ; tertiaries |ialer and 

 largely marked with white ; scapulars ashy brown, lighter on the inner webs, and having both webs 

 crossed with rather oWilete narrow brown liars ; the Uiiddlc npjM'r tail-coverts are pale oehioous brown, 

 the lateiid ones white ; the fonr iciiind tail-lVathei's are light oehreous brown at the base, Ix'coniing darker 

 toward their ends ; the other tail-feathers arc white, tliose next thi' I'cntral ones being pale oehreous iit 

 the end ; front, a line over the eye, cheeks, a collar on the himl neck, ami entire under plumage, pure 

 white ; n si-mi-collar of ashy brown on each side of the upper part of the breast ; bill black, with a small 

 space at the base of the und-.T mandible of ibill orange ; irides lilaek ; tarsi and toes purplish black. 



" Length almut rt] in. ; wing. Mi ; tail, 1,' ; bill from front, i ; tarsi IJi. 



" llnl.ihif, « 'uba. 



" This species is allieil to //. vifhuliin, b\it is rather smaller ; the bill is longer, depresswl nt the bnsi', 

 and regularly tafH'ring to the end, where it is eiinipnrativoly sharp ; in the latter it is ipiite obtuse and 

 dilferent in form ; then" is less white on the 'luills, wiih more on the tail, and the tarsi are longer than 

 those of ./. iiiiIimIiih." 



The alsive description, measurements ami all, accords in every rps|n>ct with the adult female of./;'. 

 «u'ni»(, and is prolmbly of a s|)ociinen of that species. But a single specimen was captured, this being a 

 fonmle caught with a not while sitting on her three eggs : the time Wing -July, and the place Guantananio, 

 on the south oooat of the eastern part of the island. 



