Greenish-olive above, breast and sides of head strongly
tinged with buff. Spots on breast broad, distinct, nearly
black. Length, 7.00; wing, 3.90; tail, 2.90; culmen, .65;
tarsus, 1.10. _Hab._ Eastern and Middle Provinces of North
America. North to Slave Lake, south to Ecuador, west to
East Humboldt Mountains … var. _swainsoni_.
Brownish-olive above, somewhat more rufescent on wing;
breast and head strongly washed with dilute rufous. Spots
on breast narrow, scarcely darker than back. Wing, 3.85;
tail, 3.00; culmen, .70; tarsus, 1.10. _Hab._ Pacific
Province of United States. Guatemala … var. _ustulatus_.
C. Above olivaceous, becoming abruptly more reddish on upper
tail-coverts and tail. Spots as in _swainsoni_, but larger and
less transverse,—more sharply defined. An orbital ring of pale
buff. Nest on ground; eggs blue, probably unspotted.