156 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
row of both scapulars and interscapulars nearly plain light gray, pro- 
ducing when the plumage is properly arranged, four tolerably well-de- 
‘fined broad stripes of that color; primaries brownish gray ; tail brownish 
black, sharply tipped with light gray, darker on upper surface, paler 
(sometimes nearly white) on the lower; under parts pale grayish cin- 
namon or dull cinnamon-buff, brighter or more rufescent laterally 
and on under wing-coverts, the under tail-coverts with dusky shaft- 
streaks; bill pale brownish (dull grayish flesh color in life), becoming 
dusky terminally; iris dark brown; legs and feet pale brownish (dull 
grayish flesh color in life). 
Downy young.—Above pale ochraceous-buff, beneath deeper 
ochraceous-buff or light pinkish cinnamon; a line from bill to eye, a 
large patch covering forehead and fore part of crown, another on 
occiput, and a narrow mark back of eye with an oblique one beneath 
it, dark chestnut-brown or dark burnt-umber, the upper parts with 
several large, irregular patches of the same. 
Adult male.—Wing, 118.5-128 (123.5); tail, 54-63 (59.6); exposed 
culmen, 60-66 (63.7); tarsus, 28.5-31 (29.5); middle toe, 30-34 (31.2). 
Adult female.—Wing, 129-143 (134.8); tail, 58-65 (61.4); exposed 
culmen, 64-74 (70.8); tarsus, 30-34 (32.6); middle toe, 29.5-36.5 
(34.1).% 
Temperate eastern North America; breeding from Gulf coast 
(southern Louisiana to northern Florida) northward to Nova Scotia 
(Bay of Fundy), southern Quebec, Maine (Lake Umbagog; Houlton), 
northern Michigan (Mackinac Island; Ausable Valley), southern 
Manitoba, etc., westward to edge of Great Plains, in North and 
South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, or even (morerarely) to eastern 
Colorado (Timnath; near Boulder; Jefferson and Park Counties); 
@ Ten specimens. 
Ex- 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. | Posed | rarsus.| Middle 
men. 
MALES. 
Three adult males from New York (March, August)........... 122.7 58.3 64.5 29.5 31 
Five adult males from Maryland, District of Columbia, and 
Mairginia (Septs, NOW) i ccs ivsiiesnivinien amtcrcccanenrmicrcuievaetnatecieibar 123.4 60 64 29.2 31.5 
One adult male from South Carolina (Jan.)..................-- 123 62 60 30 32 
One adult male from Florida (Jan.).........2...0..00e0e eee eee 127 59 64 31 31.5 
FEMALES, 
One adult female from Massachusetts (Oct.)..............-2.-. 130 63.5 64 30 29.5 
One adult female from Pennsylvania (March 23)............... 139 63.5 71 32 35 
Two adult females from Maryland and District of Columbia 
(CMGCCLE 203 OC) sic ecciisiatsnien nea ma aatecmumttntecisresaivvece aie aarets 136.2] 59.5] 725] 33 35.5 
Four adult females from Virginia (Nov., Dec.)...............-- 132.7 60.7 71.6} 33 34.7 
One adult female from South Carolina (Jan.)........... vanities 143 63 71 32 33.5 
One adult female from Omaha, Nebraska (May 4)............ 133 60 71 34 33.5 
