BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 173 
obsolete); hindneck, back, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts plain 
cinnamon-brown or between russet and raw-umber; lower rump, 
upper tail-coverts, and greater part of tail clear cinnamon-rufous; 
fourth and fifth rectrices (from outside), greater part of inner web of 
third rectrix, and basal portion of inner web of second, black, the 
inner web of outermost rectrix usually with a dusky spot at extreme 
base; wing-coverts russet-brown, the inner webs of greater coverts 
‘dusky; primary coverts dull black or dusky at base (narrowly) and 
tip (broadly), the middle portion (broadly) russet-brown; secondaries 
dull cinnamon-rufous with a large subterminal area of black (mostly 
concealed in the closed wing), the basal portion of inner web (exten- 
sively) ochraceous-buff; proximal (shorter) primaries dull black, 
tipped (more or less broadly and distinctly) with cinnamon-brown, 
crossed obliquely on the middle portion by a broad band of clear 
cinnamon-rufous; distal (longer) primaries dusky, their inner webs 
with a broad median area of ochraceous-buff, except on two or three 
outermost quills, the outer webs of which are mostly light russet- 
brown; a narrow supra-auricular streak of brownish buff; loral region 
mostly dark brownish; malar, suborbital, and auricular regions dark 
brown (much like pileum), narrowly and indistinctly streaked with 
paler; a conspicuous subauricular streak of white; chin and throat 
pale brownish buffy (sometimes nearly buffy white on chin), the 
throat indistinctly flammulated with pale buffy brown, at least on 
lower portion; rest of under parts plain light brown (varying from 
buffy hair brown to isabella color), tinged, more or less strongly, with 
pale russet-brown posteriorly; under wing-coverts ochraceous-buff; 
maxilla dusky, the lower-basal portion paler; mandible pale horn 
color or dull whitish (in dried skins) becoming darker on upper or 
terminal portions; iris brown; legs and feet dark horn color (in dried 
skins). 
Young.—Similar in coloration to adults but dusky on basal por- 
tion of inner webs of lateral rectrices more extensive and texture of 
plumage different. 
Adult male.—Length (skins), 108-125 (117); wing, 58.5-67.5 (64.2); 
tail, 43.5-53 (48.9); culmen, 12-14.5 (13.1); tarsus, 14-15.5 (14.7); 
middle toe, 11.5-13 (12).¢ 
@ Twenty-four specimens. 
