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on the return of the species to its breeding-quarters. These young birds are decidedly 
killed in May, 
more rufescent on the throat and flan 
on the sides of the breast; under wing- 
of the breast; quills ashy below, paler ashy a 
buff patch near the base of the quills. 
Nestling. Much darker than the adults, 
ks than older individuals ; the spots being slightly more distinct - 
coverts white, with ashy bases; axillaries ashy like the sides 
long the edge of the inner web, and showing a pale 
and profusely spotted with large centres of orange-buff; 
especially on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; the sides of the face and throat bright orange-buff 
mottled with broad blackish edges to the feathers; the white breast also profusely mottled with; 
dusky crescentic bars at the end of the feathers, the sides being washed with orange-buff. 
Тһе figures in the Plate are drawn from specimens in the Seebohm Collection from Detroit, 
, 
Michigan. [R. B. 8] 
