502 
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
black ; back streaked with black, 
grayish, and grayish white; sides 
of head and lower parts white, the 
sides and flanks broadly streaked 
with black, and sides of throat 
with a series of blended black 
streaks, converging to an angle 
on chin. Adult female: Above 
olive or olive-grayish, every- 
where streaked with black; be- 
neath white (usually tinged with 
olive-yellowish anteriorly), and 
streaked laterally with dusky. 
Young in first autumn: Like cor- 
responding stage of D. castanea, 
but under tail-coverts pure 
white, upper tail-coverts and 
edges of quills olive or olive- 
greenish, and lower parts rather 
olive-yellowish, or dirty sulphur. 
yellow, than buffy. Young: 
Above dull grayish, everywhere 
streaked with black; beneath 
dull white, everywhere spotted 
with black, the spots triangular 
on breast, etc., but assuming a 
transverse shape on flanks and 
belly. Length 5.00-5.75, wing 
2.80-2.90, tail 2.05-2.25. Vest on 
lower branches of coniferous 
trees (farther north often on 
ground), rather bulky, warmly 
lined with soft feathers. Eggs 
.72 X 53, white, creamy white, 
or light creamy buff, spotted, 
speckled, or blotched (often 
wreathed) with brown and lilac- 
gray, sometimes mixed with a 
few small black specks. Hab. 
Eastern and northern North 
America, breeding from north- 
ern New England, Labrador, 
etc., to coast of Alaska (north 
of the peninsula) and of Arctic 
Ocean ; accidental in Greenland ; 
