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and under parts buffy whitish or brownish white, the crown, occiput, 
and hindneck grayish, the crown with a mesial streak of black, the 
occiput with several irregular spots of the same. 
Adult male-—Wing, 214-232 (222.4); tail, 67-76 (72.9); culmen, 
59.5-70 (65.3); tarsus, 98-119 (108.8); middle toe, 35-42 (38.8).% 
Adult female.—Wing, 202.5-218 (211.8): tail, 65.5-71.5 (69.3); 
culmen, 61-67 (63.9); tarsus, 95.5-109 (103.6); middle toe, 36.5—-40 
(38.3).° 
Breeding from central Oregon, northern Utah (southern Idaho ?) ¢ 
and southern Colorado to southern California (Orange County), 
southern New Mexico, southern Texas (Brownsville; Fort Brown; 
Corpus Christi), northern Tamaulipas (Matamoros), and coast of 
Louisiana; also, on coast of South Carolina (Sullivans Island), 
Georgia (St. Simons Island) and Florida (Caloosahatchie River), on 
Bahamas (New Providence, Andros, Great Inagua, Maragauna, and 
Green Cay islands); Jamaica (?), Peru (Santa Cruz) and on Galapagos 
Archipelago (Albemarle, Charles, Chatham, Hood, James, Inde- 
fatigable, and Seymour islands); formerly breeding northward to 
New Jersey (Cape May; Egg Island, Delaware Bay) and occurring 
during migration, casually or occasionally northward to Long Island 
4 Nineteen specimens. » Fifteen specimens. 
Locality Wing. | Tail. | Cu- Di, Tarsus,| Middle 
men. of tibia. toe. 
1 
MALES. 
Seven adult males from Florida............2...2.----- 221.2 71.7 106. 6 29. 6 
Two adult males from Porto Rico (May).............. 221 73.2 115.5 39.5 
One adult male from Arizona-Sonora boundary.-....-. 224. 71 112 39.5 
Nine adult males from northern Lower California... .. 223.6 73.9 108.7 38.1 
Three adult males from Galapagos Islands (June, July).| [194.1]] 68.8 97.6 38.8 
FEMALES. 
One adult female from New Jersey (Cape May)....-.. 216 68 64 ll. 102.5 38 
Five adult females from Florida.............-.2---.+-- 207.4 68 el eee 103. 4 38,2 
One adult female from Bahamas (Eleuthera Island, ' 
ULL) poet se se ee as cio mici aniesieisigninis 211.5 70 () De [eects 109 40 
One adult female from Cuba (May 18) 204. 5 67 a er 108.5 | 39 
Two adultfemales from southern California (San Diego 
COUNEY) sate seececees eee ce ~ vpitie slefaiai ane cia: dee.siaterarttentraraiagre 215.5 69 6402. | sere wee 98. 2 37 
One adult female from northern Lower California... .. 212.6 69.9 GE | sanreaiad 105. 4 38.2 
One adult female from southern Lower California 
(CRATIUABY.) ecyievsn sec erscararehriietertresm errno ee eaeee cece 221 76 Gr escemcactesd 98 39 
Two adult females from Galapagos Islands (June, July)| {195.6} 66 64.1 61.8 98.8 39.7 
The wing measurements of the Galapagos specimens are defective, all of them having 
the primaries not fully grown out. 
Adult females from Florida have the back and scapulars a decidedly darker grayish 
brown than those from western localities. 
¢ Olds Ferry, Snake River. 
