458 



DescriiMons. 



Adult male (12,01G, Texas; Captain McCall.)— Forehead, crowu, occi- 

 put aud nape, wings, scapulars, rump, belly, thighs, and anal-region 

 continuous deep dull black ; chin, neck, jugulum, breast, aud tail-cov- 

 erts (upper and lower) soiled white. Breast with numerous cordate 

 spots of black, these growing larger posteriorly, and running in trans- 

 verse series ; back with transverse bars of white, which become nar- 

 rower aud less distinct posteriorly. Basal two-thirds of tail white, 

 crossed by thirteen or fourteen narrow transverse bands of black, w^Mch 

 become narrower and more faint basally ; outer web of lateral feather 

 almost entirely black ; broad terminal band of the tail uniform black 

 (2.40 inches in width); third, fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries grayish 

 just beyond the coverts; this portion with three or four transverse bars 

 of white. Middle portion of primaries beneath faintly barred with^ 

 white and ashy ; the barred portion extending obliquely across. Third 

 quill longest, fourth a little shorter, second shorter than fifth; first 'S.GO 

 inches shorter than longest. ^Viug, 16.70; tail, 9.G0; tarsus, 3.40; mid- 

 dle toe, 2.10. 



Adult female. — Plumage similar ; vx^hite more brownish ; abdomen 

 with indication of bars. Wing, 15.50; tail, 8.70; tarsus, 3.30; middle 

 toe, 2.20. 



Young (42,130, 9 , ^lirador, Mexico; Dr. C. Sartorius).— Black of adult 

 replaced by dingy dark brown, this darkest on the hood ; white'and 

 dusky regions gradualy blended, the feathers of the breast being ^^hit- 

 ish, edged (longitudinally) with brown. No trace of the transverse bars, 

 exception the tail, which is like that of the adalt. Bill whitish, bluish, 

 or purplish at the base; cere white ; feet ashy-white; claws black. 

 List of specimens in United States National Museinn. 



4122 

 4248 

 7994 

 913<i 



9i:n 



12016 

 16928 

 17220 

 17221 

 17222 

 29454 

 29527 

 33206 

 37871 

 37872 

 39171 

 39172 

 40955 

 40986 

 42130 

 46795 

 46796 

 47562 

 51321 

 51322 

 51323 

 51324 

 51325 

 52826 

 54934 

 59938 

 59939 

 59940 

 59941 



S 3 

 O a 



2476 

 2473 

 2472 

 4043 

 2841 



136 

 142 

 555 

 341 



210 

 849 



661 



42 



4457 



2507 



50 



Aclnlt.. 



9 .i"v. 



? Jn'S'- 



Localitv. 



Monterey. Mexico. . 

 Calca.sieu Pass, La. 

 Mexico 



Texas. 



New Mexico 



Texas 



Cajje St. Lucas 



do 



do 



do 



Lower California (San Jos6) 



Costa llica (San Joset 



do 



Yucatan (Merida) 



do...... 



.do 

 .do 



Nicarawna (Chimandega) 



do 



Mexico (Mirador) 



Texas (Laredo) 



do 



Costa Eioa (San Jose) 



Mexico (Mazatlau) 



.;.... ..do 



cT ad. 

 ? juv. 



.do 

 .do 

 .do 

 .do 



Ecuador (Guvaciuil) . 



Cape St. Lucas 



do 



Gnyaquil 



Cape St. Lucas 



Wlien col- 

 lected. 



From wlioni reccivi'd. 



^■^ 



, 1854 



Sept. 30, 



Sept. 18, 



Dec. 2. 1859 

 Nov. 25, 1859 

 ....do 



Jan. 19,1864 

 Jan. 20,1865 

 Feb. 2, 1865 

 J)ine 9,1865 

 Mcli. 31, 1865 



Jan. 10,1867 



....do 



Aua:. 30,1866 

 Dec. —,1867 



....do 



. . do 



Mar. ^, 1868 

 ....do 



Lieutenant Couch . . 



G-. Wurdenuiuu 



Jno. Gould 



Maj. W. H. Emory. 



Dr. T. C. Henry..'.. 



Captain McCall 



J. Xantus 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Berlin Museum 



J. Carmiol 



Jos6 Salazar 



do 



do 



do 



Professor Hopkins . 



r. Hicks 



Dr. C. Sartorius 



Dr. H. B. Butcher.. 

 do 



J. Carmiol 



r. Bischoff 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Col. A. J. Grayson. . 



Dr. Destruge 



J. Xantus 



do 



Will. Coll. Lye . . . . 

 J. Xantus 



