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PU.KCUCIAL GUALLAT(JUES — LLMICOL.E. 



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exclusively, north of the Uiiitud States. The race occidcntalis is chietly restricted to the Western 

 I'roviiii'o of Xuith Anieriiii ; the tyitkid fiwiUus entirely contined to the Eastern I'rovinee. 



Si'. CiiAii, Total h'nj,'th, iihout 5.7") to (i-OO ; e.vteiit, Il.Od to 12.()(» ; win^', 3 otM.tM); cnhneii, 

 .H8-1.1") ; tiiisns, .80-.!)') ; middle toe, .55-.65.' Bill l)luck, heconiinj,' greenish olive on Imsal part 

 oi'tiie iiiandilije ; ills dark hrown ; let,'s an<l feet {greenish (dive. Runi[) .slate-color; upper tail- 

 eoverts and middle tail-feathers lUisky, otiier rectriees cinereous ; wiiij,'-coverts and tertials hrown- 

 isli gray with dusky shaft-.streaks, the j,'reater coverts tipped with white. Superciliary stripe and 

 lower parts white, the f'ornu'r finely streaked with grayish dusky. Upjier jiarts (except as 

 described) varjegated brown, l)lack and rusty in siiminer adults and young, plain ashy with dusky 

 shaft-streaks in winter plumage. . 



Siimvur whtlt (iiid ijoiinj: Above lirownish, varied with black, rusty, and white (the latter on 

 the tenninal l)(>rdors of tiie feathers — sometimes almo.st wanting) ; beneath white, the jugulum 

 streaked or spotted witli dusky in the adult, shaded with grayish buff in young. Winter 'plmmije : 

 Above, uniform ashy, Unely streaked with dusky ; lielow, pure white. 



". pusillus. 



Adult breeding -plumofie : Upper surface light grayish brown, the sides of the pileum and edges 

 of some of the scapulars and interscapulars tinged with pale bufly cinnamon, but this sometimes 

 almost wholly absent ; pileum heavily streaked, and dorsal region heavily sjiotted, with black, tlie 

 latter color occupyi:>g the central portion of each feather. A streaked white superciliary stripe, 

 and dusky loral space, the latter usually very distinctly defined along its upper edge, the lower 

 part broken into streaks, which extend backward over the cheeks ; auriculars streaked grayish 



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E. pusillus. 



brown. Lower parts pure white, the jugulum and breast tinged with ashy and streaked witli 

 dusky. Winter jjlumnye : Above Itrownish gray or cinereous, relieved by dusky shaft-streaks ; 

 superciliary stripe and lower parts ])ure white, the jugulum faintlv streaked. Young : Similar to 

 the summer adult, but jugulum tinged with pale grayish buff, and without well-defined streaks or 

 spots, the scapulars and interscapulars bordered terminally with white, and the brown usually less 

 rusty. Downy young: Forehead dingy white, divided by a mesial line of black; crown light 

 chestnut, marbled posteriorly with black and white ; occiput mottled whitish. A distinct loral 

 line of Idack, forking just before the eye, the upper branch running toward the anterior corner of 

 the eye, the other inclining downward. Throat fulvous-whito ; other lower parts whitish, nearly 

 pure on the alxlomen. Upper parts pale fulvous-brown laterally, black centrally, the whole surface 

 thickly bespangled with fine downy tufts, terminating the down-filainents. 



Wing, .3..5()-4.0() (.-J.TS) ; culmen, .08-.92 (.77) ; tarsus, .80-.95 (.86) ; middle toe, .55-.fi5 

 (.61). [Eighteen summer adults measured.] 



b. occidentalis. 



Adnlt hreeding-plwmage : Upper surface bright rusty cinnamon, the feathers spotted centrally 

 with black, the cinnamon sometimes nearly uniform along the sides of the crown ; a white super- 

 ciliary stripe streaked with dusky grayish, this bordered below by a stripe of light rufous or rusty 



1 Forty-two aduU specimens measured ; the average of this series is as follows : wings, 3.75 ; culmen, 

 .87 ; tarsus, .88 ; middle toe, .60. 



