302 SHOULDER-KNOT IIEATHCOCK. 
each feather : the tail is composed of sixteen fea- 
thers, with four or five narrow transverse bands of 
yellowish-white, accompanied by a narrow black 
band ; towards the extremity of the feathers is a 
broader band of black, and the tips of all are 
greyish-white : the throat and the fore-part of the 
neck are of a reddish-white : the breast, the belly, 
and the sides, are regularly striped with brown, 
red-white, and white : the middle and greater wing- 
coverts are red-brown, with longitudinal reddish- 
yellow spots : the quills are brown, varied on their 
outer webs with red-white spots : the tufts on each 
side of the neck are placed on its lower part, near 
the insertion of the wings, and when expanded, 
appear of a large size ; they are bright black, with 
a fine steel gloss ; and the shorter ones are slightly 
tipped with white or red. 
It Varies a little, a specimen described by Tem- 
minck having more of a brown cast on its whole 
plumage : the top of its head and its cheeks varied 
with red and brown ; the whole of the feathers on 
the sides of the neck bordered with the latter co- 
lour ; the white spots on the back less pure, and 
sprinkled with small black points : the scapulars 
irregularly spotted with red, black and white ; and 
the tail grey-ash, with transverse dusky brown 
bands, and undulated lines, the whole of its fea- 
thers tipped with greyish-ash : the feet and the 
beak are brown : suspected to be an immature 
bird. 
This species inhabits Pensyh^ania, New York, 
Nova Scotia, Long Island, and other parts of North 
