Dorsal region yellowish-cinereous, wings and tail purer ash;
sides light ochraceous. White edgings of tail-feathers _not_
margining their ends. Wing, 2.60; tail, 2.60; bill, .40;
tarsus, .62; middle toe, .36; wing-formula, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7, 8,
29; graduation of tail, .30. (12,851 ♂: Brooklyn, N. Y.)
_Hab._ Eastern Province of North America, north of about 39° …
var. _atricapillus_.
Dorsal region and sides with scarcely a perceptible yellowish
tinge; white edgings of tail-feathers passing around their
ends. Beneath whitish. Wing, 2.75; tail, 2.80; culmen, .35;
tarsus, .65; middle toe, .40; wing-formula, 5, 4 = 6, 3 = 7, 8,
2 = 9; graduation of tail, .50. (3704 ♂? Salt Lake City, Utah.)
_Hab._ Region of Missouri River and Rocky Mountains …
var. _septentrionalis_.
Colors as in _atricapillus_, but much darker. Beneath more
ochraceous. Wing, 2.40; tail, 2.50; culmen, .40; tarsus, .60;
middle toe, .40; wing-formula, 4th, 5th, and 6th equal, 3 = 7,
2 = 10; graduation of tail, .25. (6762 ♂? Fort Vancouver,
Washington Territory.) _Hab._ Pacific Province of North
America … var. _occidentalis_.
_b._ Tail shorter than wing; no conspicuous white edgings to
wings and tail.
3. P. meridionalis.[27] Beneath ashy (nearly dark as upper
surface), whitish medially. Wing, 2.60; tail, 2.20; culmen,
.40; tarsus, .63; middle toe, .40; wing-formula, 4, 5, 6,
3 = 7, 2 = 10; graduation of tail, .10. (10,203, Mexico.) _Hab._
Eastern Mexico.
4. P. carolinensis. Beneath pale soiled ochraceous-whitish,
scarcely lighter medially. Wing, 2.55; tail, 2.30; culmen,
.35; tarsus, .53; middle toe, .38; wing-formula, 5, 4, 6, 7,
3, 8, 2 = 9; graduation of tail, .10. (706 ♂, Washington, D.
C.) _Hab._ Eastern Province of United States, south of about
40°.
2. _Head and neck, above and beneath, brown, the throat darkest;
their sides white._