CANACE FKANKLINII. 
The male has the upper parts black, each feather crossed with weaving lines of leaden gray ; the scapulars and wings are of a reddish brown, 
mottled irregularly like the back ; the primaries dark brown, with reddish brown shafts; the upper tail coverts black, mottled with rufous, and 
broadly tipped with white ; tail uniform black, the feathers broader than that of Canadensis, and nearly square at the tip. The throat, upper 
part of breast, and centre of belly pure black ; a white line from the eye continues around the black of the throat. Feathers on the sides of the 
breast and belly, with conspicuous bars of white. The flanks, barred and mottled like the wings, the feathers having a white line in the centre 
expanding toward the tip. Under tail coverts black, broadly tipped with white. Thighs and tarsi light brown, faintly barred with darker 
brown. Bill black. 
Female. Entire upper parts gray, barred wdth black and orange yellow, those on the head and neck being narrow, but becoming broader 
and conspicuous on the upper part of the back ; upper tail coverts gray crossed with black, and but faintly with orange yellow, the outer 
feathers tipped with white, and running more than half way dowm the tail. Wings reddish brown, irregularly barred with black ; some of the 
secondaries have a central line of white, widening at the top). Primaries brown, with the outer webs yellowish brown. Throat white, spotted 
with black. Upper parts crossed with black and orange yellow, the feathers tippDed with white, this last becoming more prominent on the 
belly and flanks. Tail black, conspicuously barred with dark orange yellow, and tipped with white. Under coverts black crossed with yellow, 
and broadly tipped with white ; so that when they are in position one above the other, it appears as though the coverts were white. Thighs 
and tarsi ashy brown, with marks of white appearing through the feathers on the former. Bill black. 
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