. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. r -â 198 REVIEW OP AMERICAN BIRDS. [I'AUT I. I â 1 'â .m- H f: ^r ,r^£jD|ji« v-;" if: â >⢠1 , 1^ .'l', ' '. mok-e reatrlotwd. A young bird with much woru plum<;ge belonging to i)r. Ouudlaoh'a coilection, tl u saniu as that rul'errud to by Mr. Lawronue, ia ashy above, with patches of olive-green; the undor parts croamy white, strongly tinged with yellow across the breast and on orisbum. The yellow pntchM of tail feathers much restricted. A young male (34,504), farther advance;, has
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. r -â 198 REVIEW OP AMERICAN BIRDS. [I'AUT I. I â 1 'â .m- H f: ^r ,r^£jD|ji« v-;" if: â >⢠1 , 1^ .'l', ' '. mok-e reatrlotwd. A young bird with much woru plum<;ge belonging to i)r. Ouudlaoh'a coilection, tl u saniu as that rul'errud to by Mr. Lawronue, ia ashy above, with patches of olive-green; the undor parts croamy white, strongly tinged with yellow across the breast and on orisbum. The yellow pntchM of tail feathers much restricted. A young male (34,504), farther advance;, has the adult plumage, with only a few palchea of light ashy on tho nape and aides of neck, and some whitish spots on the chin Length of 34,504, ^,; wing, ; Uil, ; tiursus, .88; bill from nostril, .32. For the opportunity of examining specimens of this species I am indebted to Dr. J. Gundlach, who has transmitted five of different ages and sexes. None of these, however, appear to be in highest spring plumage, for which reason the comparison with tho allied species cannot be made entirely satisfactory, and the differ- ences in coloration may not be really quite as great as they now appear. The difference in the structure of the wing would, however, alone be sufficient to separate this species from petechia. The tips of the outer four quills are closer together ; the 1st quill not .10 less than the 2d; the 2d longest; the 3d and 4th successively very little shorter; the 1st longer, however, than the 5th. In petechia the 1st quill is .20 shorter than the 3d (which is longest) ; the 4th is nearly as long, ana decidedly exceeding the 2d; the 1st shorter than the 5th, or about t qual to the 6th. ⢠None of the Cuban specimens before me show the red vertex of the full plumaged petevuia of Jamaica; the feathers being tinged centrally like immature males of the latter species; but, from Mr. Lawrence's statement, the reddish crown belongs equally to both
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