BIBDS OP NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA, 



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distinct and (except on proximal secondaries) mostly interrupted 

 bars of white, the primaries sometimes with a few small spots or 

 iteegular markings of white on sub-basal portion of outer web, the 

 proximal quills usually margined terminally with white; tail black, 

 the inner web of middle rectrices sometimes with a greater or less 

 number of rather narrow bars or irregular markings of white (which 

 do not extend to the shaft), the outer pair with a few narrow bars of 

 white on terminal portion, mostly on outer web; auricular region, 

 sides of neck, and foreneck plain yellowish smoke gray or drab-gray, 

 fading into paler on upper throat, chin, and malar region, deepening 

 posteriorly into deeper yellowish drab-gray or yellowish broccoli 

 brown on chest, breast, and sides, this passing into saffron yellow 

 or Indian yellow on abdomen; flanks and under tail-coverts dull 

 white, more or less tinged with yellowish, rather broadly barred 

 with blackish, the bars on under tail-coverts more or less V-shaped; 

 under wing-coverts broadly barred with white and slate-black, the 

 bars of nearly equal width, but the blackish ones averaging rather 

 broader than the white ones ; inner webs of remiges blackish slate or 

 dusky, the proximal portion with large transverse spots of white 

 along edge; bill slate-black; iris orange to crimson; legs and feet 

 olive-greenish in life; length (skms), 210-236 (225); wing, 124.5-142 

 (131.8); tail, 69-79 (72.5); culmen, 29-31.5 (30.1); tarsus, 21-23.5 

 (22.3); outer anterior toe, 18.5-21 (19.6)." 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male, but whole crown dull 

 white or very pale yellowish mouse gray, hke forehead, deepening 

 into mouse gray on occiput; length (skins), 212-220 (216); wing, 

 122.5-141.5 (130.2) ; tail, 68-81 (72.3); culmen, 26-30 (27.8); tarsus, 

 21-23 (21.8); outer anterior toe, 17-20 (18.8).'' 



