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LAMELLin0STl;AL S^Vr^r^fRUS— AXSERES. 



umber-brown, this also tingin^,' theadjoininj,' seuimlui's ; wMig-coverts luiironii deep brownifli ^Tny, 

 till' last row tipped with opiuiui' velvety black, luid with a siibteriniiial bar t>i ymv white ; specu- 

 liiiii rich metallic vioh't, with a Hubtermiual velvety black, and terminal jmre white liar; primaries 

 plain brownish gray. Hump, upper tail-covevts, and cris^um, intense velvety black, showin},' faint 

 rellections of bluish green. Tail white, the feathers grayisli centrally. 'J'wo middle feathers iilack, 

 slightly recurved ; the two longer upper tail-coverts greatly recurved. JJill olive-yellow or ochra- 

 ceous-olive (in life), the nail black ; iris hazel ; tarsi and toes line rich orange-red (changing to 

 yellowish in dried skin). Length, about iA.W inches; e.xtent, :}8.()() ; wing, 1I.(H)-11.85; cul- 

 men, 2.10-2.40; tarsus, l.dO-l.Wi ; middle toe, 2.oO-2.lf). Adult male in summer: "Chi.sely 



resembling the female, being merely 

 somewhat darker in color. This 

 plumage is donned by degrees early 

 in June ; and in August the full 

 rich winter dress is again resumed" 

 (Shaki'K & DitKwsKR). Adult Je- 

 nudc: Wing as in the male. Above, 

 brownish dusky, much variegated by 

 broad pale ochraceous eilges to the 

 feathers ; ))eneath \)nh' ochraceou.s, 

 the feathei's dusky centrally, ]iro- 

 ducing a thickly sjiotted or striped 

 ap])earance. On the top of the head 

 the dusky predominate.s, as it idso 

 does in a loral and auiicular linn, 

 forming a lighter superciliary stripe 

 ' between this and the crown. Wing, 

 10.2.')-11.50 ; culmen, 2.00-2.35 ; tar- 

 sus, l.i50-1.80; middle toe, 1.90-2.05. 

 Downy jitiinnj:^ Above, deep oli- 

 vaceous, relieved by two pairs of yel- 

 lowish bufT sjKits, the firet pair on the 

 i)ack,Ju.st behind the wing.s, the second 

 at the base of the tail, the first not 

 confluent with the buff of the lower 

 parts ; wings deep olivaceous, varied 

 on both edges with dull greenish yel- 

 low ; pileum and nape olivaceous, 

 darker on the occiput, lighter on the 

 forehead ; a broad sujierciliary stripe, 

 including the sides of the forehead, 

 sides of the head and neck, and entire 

 lower parts, yellowish bull", deepest on 

 the head, paler on the anal region and crissum ; sides more grayish, and crossed, between the wings 

 and thighs, by two wide patches of tlark olive projecting from that of the back. Side of the head 

 marked by a narrow but very distinct stripe of dark brown from the upper ba.sal angle of the 

 maxilla to the eye, thence back to and confluent with the olivaceous of the occiput ; beneath 

 the latter, almost directly over the ear, an isolated spot of the same. 



The adult males in winter plumage vary chiefly in the extent and richness of the chestnut of 

 the jugulum. Sometimes this is restricted to the jugulum, hut occasionally it spreads over the 



1 Described from No. 77546, Washoe Lake, Nev., May 22, 1877: H. W. Heksiiaw. This specimen 

 represents the youngest stage, not long from Ihe egg, and is less than 6 inches in total length, the bill 

 about half an inch long. Older specimens are larger, the size, of course, proportioned to the age, while as 

 they increase in size the bright yellowish tints become gradually replaced with pale dingy grayish ; the 

 oliTaceous of the upper parts also becomes more gray. 



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