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Show 100 No. 42,074, Mirador, Mexico, is extremely similar to the last, but lacks the ashy tinge on the side of the breast. Wing, 8.85; tail, 7.80; culmen, 0.65; tarsus, 2.40; middle toe, 1.45. Another Mirador specimen ( No. 23,809) is exactly similar; it measures: wing, 9.40; tail, 8.10; tarsus, 2.30; middle toe, 1.45- nearly the same as the Washington specimen. No. 5,841, Paget Sound, October 4, is exactly similar to No. 6,874 ( Sacramento Valley), and has, like it, the forehead strongly tinged with dull rusty. Wing, 8.90; tail, 8.00; culmen, 0.62; tarsus, 2.45; middle toe, 1.55. The adult females differ pretty constantly from the males in the much browner upper parts and rusty instead of ashy nape and auriculars, though this last feature is a less constant distinction. No. 26,588, Washington, D. C.:- Similar to the male, iTut the upper parts lacking entirely any bluish cast, and the rufous of the lower parts less vinaceous in tint. Forehead tinged with rusty- brown; neck and auriculars uniform dull rufous, with a rusty- brown tinge, and sides of the breast entirely destitute of ashy wash. Wing, 10.80; tail, 9.00; culmen, 0.75; tarsus, 2.65 ; middle toe, 1.85; fourth and fifth quills equal and longest; third longer than sixth; second intermediate between sixth and seventh; first three inches shorter than the longest. No. 57,867, Tehuantepec, Southern Mexico ( January 8,1869), is exactly like No. 26,1) 68, except that the tibiae are deeper and nearly uniform rufous. Wing, 10.35; tail, 9.40; culmen, 0.70; tarsus, 2.80; middle toe, 1.70. No. 55,018, Mazatlan, Wrestern Mexico ( February 21), differs in having the rufous bars of the lower parts browner, more sharply defined, and more regularly transverse. Wing, 10.10; tail, 9.30; culmen, 0.75; tarsus, 2.65 ; middle toe, 1.60. Two other specimens ( No. 5,792, South Carolina, ani N3. 49,682, Arizona) are very similar in colors to the last; their measurements may be found in the appended table. The following detailed descriptions of young birds are of specimens typical of the two supposed geographical styles:- Young male ( 55,498, Fort Macon, N. O., February; Dr. Cones. Type of var. cooperi in Hist. N. Am. Birds, iii, p. 231):- Above grayish- umber, the feathers of forehead, crown, and nape faintly edged with pale rusty; occiput unvaried blackish, feathers white beneath the surface. Wing- coverts, scapulars, and interscapulars narrowly bordered with pale yellowish- umber; rump and upper tail- coverts bordered with rusty. Tail paler and grayer than the back, narrowly tipped with white, and crossed by four bands of brownish- black, the first of which is only , partially concealed. Scapulars and upper tail- coverts showing much concealed white, in form of roundish spots, on both webs. Beneath, clear white, wjtbout any yellowish tinge; throat with a medial and lateral series of clear dark- brown streaks; jugulum, breast, sides, flanks, and abdomen with numerous stripes of clear sepia, each showing a darker shaft- streak; tibiae with longitudinal streaks of paler and more rusty brown; lower tail- coverts immaculate. Young female ( 6870, " Sacramento Valley, Cal."; Dr. Heermann- probably from Pennsylvania. Type of var. cooperi in Hist. N. Am. B., iii, p. 231):- Similar to young male, but more varied. The black middle streaks of feathers of head above narrower, causing more conspicuous streaks; white spots of scapular region considerably exposed; longitudinal stripes beneath narrower and more sparse. Young male ( Fort Tejon, Cal., type of var. mexicanm, torn. cit. 232): |