SCOLOI'ACID.K TIIK SNIIM-; KAMII.V -ACToDlloMAH. 



227 



ActodromsB fiiscieollls. 



BONAPABTI'B IAN DPI PER. 



7 /It fii^ciritlth, ViKii.i.. N'lmv. hilt. .\.\.\IV. IHlli, |i!l (IuimiI mi Chni'l iln ftrnlitrrjo }tardo, Al.\\\.\, 



.\|iiinl. III. \M\:<, Wi'l, I'liniKimy). r..ii>, HinlH N. \V. In7(, \>il. 

 Tfiiiijii Schiir.ii, U..NAI'. .Syiio].. l.sjs, •J41» ; Am. Oni. IV. 1SU3, ♦ll>, pi. 2», I'lK. '2. - Ni'TT. Mftii. 



il. 1«:U, Mit. .Sw. & Itidi. K. H. A. II. ISill, :)84. — Aii>. Orn. Ilhi^. ill. Isa.J, C'.'O. |il. 



278 ; ."^yimi.. IMlll*, SM ; H. Am. V. 1812, •J7.'>, pi. :W.'». 

 ri/».7'( lti,iiii,Hii'lri, .S. iii.r.ii. II.'V. ('lit. Oii. Vmv. ink, «it. Cass, in Mniid's It. N, Aim. IH.IS, 722 



(imrt). -U.viiii), t'lit. N. Am. H. IH.I'.i. im. .MU. — CmiiN, Key, 1872, 25.1; (lurk List, 187!l, 



no. 421. 

 AdiiihitmiiH noiiii]xirti-i, CniKs, Clicik List, 2cl imI. 18S2, im. tllT. 

 'J'liiiijii iiltln mil 11.1, Hl,.\s. List H, Lllf. iMi-J, 11' (liw ViKII.I..), 

 Triiii/ii ilcrmilin, Lniii'. Xi.iiiiiirl. IH.'il, !i-.' (liiii' IMsi.s.hkii). 

 ActiKlrumas jHHCii-oll is, Uiikiw. Nom. N. Am. II. 1SS2, no, S.'W. 



IIah. KiiHttTii Priivitici! of North AiiitTicn, lirwdiiii^ in \\w lii^-li north ; in winttr, the wholu 

 (>r Miilillt! Aini'rica, South Aniurica, iiml tlu; WcMt IiidicH ; Falklmul Islunils ; orciiHional in 



lUlllllH'. 



.Si>. Char. Adult in Hummrr: ALovf, lij^lit Lrownisii ^,'riiy, niiirli tiiit,'i'(l, iiaiticuhiriy on the 

 I'i'nwii, liuuk, niiil iniiur HcupulaiN, witli li^'lit nisty Imll' or ochnKu-ouH, all tliu fi'atht-rM Lhu'k ccn- 

 Irnlly, tln'sc niaikiiij,'^ lar^'i'st ami somcwiiai V-slia]M'il, or siij,'itiiiti", on tlic seaimlars, stivak-likc 

 clsi'wlii'ii', tile strraki lifoaiicst on the cidwn ami Irick ; iiim|i tliisky lilackiMli, the iVatlii'is Imr- 

 (liVfcl with li^iht ^^v^^y ; n\>\»'v tail-i ovitIs |pimi' wliili', in niarkcil coiitriiHt, Hniiic of tiiu I'l-atiicrH 

 liaviii;,' irri'Ljular sai^'ittali', lllo^•liy iMimcalcil, spots nl' liiisky. Tail Lrownish ^,'ray. tin' niidillc 

 ri'ullu'i's iilacki-*h, ami ail sli;,'litly ciI^imI with whitish. \Vin(,'-iovurts ami tortial.s brownish gray, 



«V V» 



lit,'hter on edges nnd dusky centrally, the slinfta nearly black. Superciliary stripe iirul entire lower 

 parts pure white; auriculars li^jht l)utr, iiidistiuctly streaked ; sides of head and lu'ck, foreneck, 

 .jii,i,'Mluni, and upi)er jmrt of breast, streaked or ilashed with dusky; sides and Hanks with larj,'er 

 irre;,'ular marking's of the same. Adult in winter : Wiii^js, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail as in 

 summer pluuu.j,'e ; rest of ii](per jiarts continuous browuish j,'ray, relieved iiy rather indistinct 

 mesial streaks of black ; streaks on juj^uluni, etc., less sharply detined than in the suininer plu- 

 m;i;,'e. Young, Jirst plnnuirii' : Hack aiul scapulars black, the feathers liordered terminally with pure 

 white, and laterally with ferruj,'iiuius, those of the middle of the back also tipped with this color ; 

 feathers of the luleuiu and rump, as well as the tertials, also bordered with rusty ; win<,'-covert8 

 bordered with pale grayish bufl'. Otherwise as in the winter plumage, but breast, juguluni, etc., 

 sufl'used with ])ale fulvous. 



Total length, about 7 inches; wing, 4.90; ciilmeii, .0()-l.(M) ; tarsus, ,05-l.(X) ; middle toe, 

 .7()-.75. 



Specimens from South Americit are exactly like northern ones, among which there is the usual 

 anioimt of individual variation. In niidsuinmer the black of the back and scapulars increases in 

 relative extent, ]>artly by the wearing away of the rusty borders to the feathers, until, in some 

 examples, the dorsal asjiect is chiefly black. 



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