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laterally; the lores, circumocular area, and auriculars like the crown, 

 but slightly paler on the auriculars; chin, throat, side of neck, 

 breast, sides, and upper abdomen uniform deep mouse gray with a 

 slate cast; flanks, lower abdomen, thighs, and under tail coverts 

 darker — ^blackish mouse gray to slate-black barred with white, the 

 white bars very narrow and spaced about 4 mm. apart; the sides, 

 flanks, and thighs sometimes with a faint fuscous wash, underwing 

 coverts duU dusky fuscous with narrow whitish bar; iris red; bill 

 black ; tarsi and toes bright yellowish green.*' 



Jiovenal. — Similar to the adult but averaging more blackish, less 

 brownish, above with less brownish on the wings and back and very 

 little on the hind neck, the white spots smaller and averaging fewer ; 

 entire bend of wing whitish ; a rather indistinct whitish superciliary 

 stripe from the base of the maxilla to the posterodorsal corner of the 

 eye ; cheeks malar area, chin, and throat pale ashy white with a buffy- 

 wash (especially on chin and throat) ; middle of breast and abdomen 

 much mixed with pale buffy ashy white; posterior lower parts less 

 barred with white than in adults. 



Natal down. — Dark black with an oily greenish sheen above, the 

 down sparser on the chin than elsewhere. 



Adult male.—Wmg 70-75.5 (72.5) ; tail 29-34.5 (32.1) ; exposed 

 culmen 12-15 (14.1) tarsus 21-23 (22.2) ; middle toe without claw 

 21-22 (21.3 mm.).*^ 



Adult female.— Wmg 73.5-77 (75) ; tail 30 (30) ; exposed culmen 

 13.&-14 (13.7) ; tarsus 20-24 (22.5) ; middle toe without claw 21-22 

 (21.5 nrni.).™ 



Range. — Breeds from Kansas (Garden City; Manhattan; Beloit) ; 

 Iowa (rarely — ^Linn County) ; Minnesota (doubtful — Hennepin 

 County) ; Wisconsin (one record) ; Illinois (Quincy; Calumet River; 

 Chicago); possibly southern Manitoba; probably southern Ontario 

 (Dundas) and southern Quebec ; Connecticut (Saybrook) ; Massa- 

 chusetts (Plymouth; Chatham) ; south to southern Kansas (Prince- 

 ton) ; southern Illinois (Philo) ; western North Carolina (Statesville; 

 Weaverville) ; and Florida (Alachua County; St. Johns River; Clear- 

 water ; Merritt Island) . 



Winters from Georgia (Savannah) ; Florida (Daytona; St. Marks; 

 Key West; the Tortugas Islands); Louisiana (New Orleans); to 

 Guatemala (Duenas [subspecific identification uncertain, however]). 



■■' Females are said by some writers to be duller generally and somewhat paler 

 on the underparts than males. There is a slight average difference in the under- 

 parts, but I have been able to pick out males as pale below as females. Dorsally, 

 I can see no sexual difference. 



" Eight specimens from New Jersey, Illinois, and Florida. 



" Three specimens from New Jersey and Florida. 



