302 SHOULDER-KNOT IIEATHCOCK. 



each feather : the tail is composed of sixteen fea-^ 

 thers, with four or five narrow transverse bands of 

 yellowish- white, accompanied by a narrow black 

 band ; towards the extremity of the feathers is a 

 broader band of black, and the tips of all are 

 greyish-white : the throat and the fore-part of the 

 neck are of a reddish-white : the breast, the belly, 

 and the sides, are regularly striped with brown, 

 red- white, and white : the middle and greater wing- 

 coverts are red-brown, with longitudinal reddish- 

 yellow spots : the quills are brown, varied on their 

 outer webs with red-white spots : the tufts on each 

 side of the neck are placed on its lower part, near 

 the insertion of the wings, and when expanded, 

 appear of a large size ; they are bright black, with 

 a fine steel gloss; and the shorter ones are slightly 

 tipped with white or red. 



It varies a little, a specimen described by Tem- 

 minck having more of a brown cast on its whole 

 plumage : the top of its head and its cheeks varied 

 with red and brown ; the whole of the feathers on 

 the sides of the neck bordered with the latter co- 

 lour ; the white spots on the back less pure, and 

 sprinkled with small black points : the scapulars 

 irregularly spotted with red, black and white ; and 

 the tail grey-ash, with transverse dusky brown 

 bands, and undulated lines, the whole of its fea- 

 thers tipped with greyish-ash: the feet and the 

 beak are brown : suspected to be an immature 

 bird. 



This species inhabits Pensylvania, New York, 

 Nova Scotia, Long Island, and other parts of North 



