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lar area, thence extending downward along side of neck to axillars 

 and imder wing-coverts, which, together with basal half (approxi- 

 mately) of inner webs of remiges, are yellowish white or primrose 

 yellow; malar region crimson for greater part, the posterior portion 

 dark slate color or blackish slate; chin and throat white or yellowish 

 white, sometimes more or less streaked or suffused posteriorly or 

 medially with grayish; rest of plumage plain sooty slate-black or 

 blackish slate," the under parts slightly but not distinctly lighter; 

 feathers of sides and flanks margined terminally with whitish ; basal 

 portion of outer webs of remiges white or yellowish white, that on 

 secondaries usually concealed by greater coverts, that on primaries 

 showing as a small but distinct area beyond tip of primary coverts; 

 maxilla slate color or slate-gray, darker terminally; mandible bluish 

 white basally, shading through pale grayish blue or bluish gray 

 into slate color or slate-gray at tip ; iris cream yellow, naples yellow, 

 or buff-yellow; naked orbital skin grayish oKve; legs and feet with 

 scutella black, the interspaces pale gray or whitish; length (skins), 

 391-437 (410); wing, 220-235 (228.4); tail, 144-161 (152.9); cuhnen, 

 46-52.5 (49.7); tarsus, 33-35 (34.1); outer anterior toe, 26-28.5 

 (27.3). » 



Aduit female. — Similar to the adxilt male, but forehead and anterior 

 half (more or less) of crown grayish brown or olive and malar region 

 slate color; length (skins), 365-410 (390); wing, 214-233 (221.6); 

 tail, 140-158.5 (149.4); culmen, 41.5-49 (44.9); tarsus, 31-34.5 

 (32.5); outer anterior toe, 24-27.5 (25.5).'= 



o The color is more slaty in more recently killed specimens or those in fresh plum- 

 age, more sooty or brownish in older plumage or older skins. 

 6 Eighteen specimens. 

 « Twenty-two specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen. 



Tarsus. 



Oatei 

 ante- 

 rior toe. 



MALES. 



Ten adult males {P. p. floridanus) from central and southern 

 Florida 



Two adult males from northern Florida 



One adult male from Mississippi 



Three adult males from Tennessee 



One adult male from Arkansas 



Five adult males from Texas 



Two adult males from southern Illinois 



One adult male (Intermediate between P. p. pileatua and P. p. 

 dbleticola) from West Virginia 



Two adult males from Maryland (1) and District of Colimi- 

 bia(l) 



One adult male (intermediate) from southeastern Pennsyl- 

 Tania (Carlisle) 



Four adult males (P. p. (Metieola) from western Fennsylvanla. 



Four adult males (P. p. dbieOcola) from Wisconsin (1), Min- 

 nesota (2), and Manitoba (1) 



226.1 

 227.5 

 224 

 226 

 227 

 , 226. 8 

 233 



235 



22&5 



233 

 243 



244 



15a 7 

 153.5 



152 

 155.7 

 149 

 14a 4 

 159 



159 



151.7 



162 

 161.7 



4a 5 



47.5 



49.5 



49.3 



SO 



50 



50.7 



5a 7 



52.5 

 67.7 



S&l 



33.5 



35 



33.8 



26.9 



27.7 



26 



27.5 



34.6 

 33.5 



34.5 

 34.1 



34.9 



27.9 

 27.2 



2a 5 



26.2 



26 

 27.5 



2&6 



