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of the back of a decided brownish cast ; wings and tail dusky ; top 

 of head and back of neck brown, more or less mixed with gray on 

 sides of head, face, and neck ; chin, throat, lower third of cheeks, 

 and the bell}' white ; the remaining under parts a mingling of white 

 and pale slaty blue ; shield much restricfted and dusky in color ; 

 iipper mandible dusk}^ ; lower mandible, and tip of upper, with a 

 slight shade of 3'ellowish ; legs and feet without the red coloring, 

 but the front scales colored a bright lemon yellow. Quite a lot of 

 grass and remains of inserts and larvae were found in the stomachs 

 of these specimens. Hab. Europe, Africa, Asia, and man}- Pacific 

 islands. Guam. 



The spread of the wings from tip to tip is about 18.50, and the 

 depth of the bill at the base is about .37. 



Genus FUIylCA Lixx.-eus. 



22. Fulica atra Linn. Buropean Coot. 



General color slaty, bill and frontal shield whitish, edge of 

 wing and edge of first quill whitish. Length 16, wing 7.70-8.80, 

 culmen 1.70-2, tarsus 2.25-2.35, mid-toe and claw 2.85-3.15. //ad. 

 Europe and Asia, ranging south to the Philippines and Pacific 

 islands ; accidental on Guam. 



Order LIMICOL.€.- Shore Birds. 



a'. Tarsus transversely scutellate, culmen longer than middle 

 toe without claw. Family Scolopacidcc, Snipes, Sandpipers. 



a-. Tarsus with small hexagonal or irregular scales in front, 

 bill shorter than tarsus, nasal openings reaching beyond the basal 

 fourth of the bill. Family C]iaradriida\ Plovers. 



a^. Tarsus slightly longer than culmen, lower back and rump 

 white with a black band. Family ApJinzidcr, Surf Birds and Turn- 

 stones. 



F.\MiLv SCOLOPACID^.— Snipes 



a'. No hind toe. Genus Ca/idris. 

 a-. Hind toe present. 



b'. Culmen thickened at tip, thighs naked, tarsus not so 

 long as mid-toe and claw. Genus (la/iinago. 



