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mandible pale brownish or dull yellowish, dusky at tip; iris dark 
brown; legs and feet light brownish (yellowish gray in life). 
Winter plumage.—Similar in pattern to the summer plumage, but 
the general coloration much more decidedly buffy.. 
Young.—Similar to adults, but buff of head, neck, chest, wings; 
etc., much deeper, streaks on foreneck and chest much less distinct, 
and interscapulars plain blackish with distinct buff margins. 
Downy young.--Sides of head and under parts immaculate dull 
white; forehead (except laterally) pale buffy grayish brown, with a 
rather indistinct central spot of dusky; crown and occiput pale buffy 
grayish brown, longitudinally but irregularly mottled with black and. 
margined with the same; nape with a central spot and lateral broad 
streaks of black; back, rump, wings, etc., irregularly mottled with 
black on a ground of pale buffy grayish brown and dull whitish. 
Adult male.—Wing, 157-181 (163.3); tail, 79-92 (83.4); exposed 
culmen, 26-31 (28.2); tarsus, 43.5-49 (46.4); middle toe, 25-28 
(26.2).¢ : 
Adult female.—Wing, 161-178 (166.6); tail, 79-89.5 (75.6) ; exposed 
culmen, 27.5-32 (29.8); tarsus, 47-50.5 (48.5); midale toe, 25-27 
(26.3).2 
Breeding from northern Virginia, southern Indiana; southern 
IWinois, southern Missouri, southern Oklahoma, Colorado, north- 
eastern Utah (Kamas Prairie), southern Oregon (Fort. Klamath), 
etc., northward to southern Maine (Oxford County), southern 
Quebec (Hatley), southern Ontario (islands near Kingston), southern 
Michigan, central Wisconsin, Manitoba, central Keewatin, southern 
« Ten specimens. b Nine specimens. 
: Bx: Middle 
Locality. Wing. | Tail. | posed | Tarsus.| “456 
culmen . . 
MALES. 
One adult male from Pennsylvania (Carlisle, May 20).......... 162 79 26 43.5 25 
Three adult males from southern Illinois (Richland County, 
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Four adult males from Nebraska (1), North Dakota (2), and 
Montana: (1)icsccccupsseereemseveveccmsesices Rg eeeeewerpaeme gis 160.9 82.4 28 47.5 25.7 
One adult male from Mackenzie (Fort Smith)................. 164 89 28.5 47 25 
One adult male from northwestern Alaska (Kowak River).....-. 181 92 28 43.5 27 
FEMALES. 
One adult female from Mackenzie (Fort Smith )scerevereneaeses 178 89.5 32 47 25 
Five adult females from Montana (1), North Dakota (3), and 
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One adult female from southern Illinois (Richland County, 
JNAIG) i esexcctencieveisiriniersicmrertrsieaiaeie se oneasas waemolataucetoarre 161 84 30 50 26 
One adult female from Louisiana (April 8—migrant?)........... 168 89 fasswease 48 27 
One adult female from Cuba (Cabafias, May 22)..............2.. 165 86 28 50 26.5 
