21(1 i'i{o(JKi':j)iN(;s ok ijnitkd states national mu.skum. 



I iiiii sh'oii^i^ly iiicliiKMl to llic bclicl' lliiit, i\w,vo, jiro two l)lack-\viii<;<Ml 

 Citiillciiiols, oMo 6'. m/*/>o, fVoin tlic, wChsIci'ii jmrt oC llic- North P;ici(i(; 

 Occnii, (lie. oilier (Voin (li(^ wciHlcrii piut of tlic, North Al-ljiiitic, C. viotz- 

 /'Idi, Ihc (liriciciicc ol" whi<'h arc that tho Ibnncr Iiuh a wliiti* patch 

 ikiiikI (lie cycH, vvhii<5 in the latter the liea<l Hceiiis lo he. uiiitbrmly dark 

 colored u itlioiil any <li,sliii('t pattern. 



It liiis l)ecii .sii;4';4'e,ste(l that these whole-colored lilacU (JnilleinotM oh- 

 Kcrvt'd and oblahied in the NorthweHl Atlantic really ini};ht. have been 

 true (J.cfdho, slraji'^IeiH IVoin the I'iicitic, and instances oC North I'acillc 

 bir«lM aeei<lentally i'anf^ht in th(^ Atlantic ha\'e been (piolcd in this (ton- 

 neclion, for instance Lniidd vlirliula in (licenJiind and (Jijcloi/11/ncha.s 

 'pHithintlHs in Sweden. It nniy be rennukc^l that thesci two spcicies 

 jiic (»!' {general (list I'ibnt ion in the North l*acili(;, while (K rtirho is con 

 lined to IIm- Okotsk and Jajjanese seas. It- speaks Inrthermoic aj^ainst 

 this theory, that so nnmy examples have been obserxcd, ;iiid that we 

 have, indii'cctly ni least/, the testimonies of Sehle^cl and Newton, that 

 the two specimens known ar(^ not I'eferable to (!. carho. 



Thi) (pu'slion whether we ha\'e lo deal with a distiiu'l, species oi- not 

 is an e\ceedin;;ly imjKn'tnnt one, and anybody ]ia\'in;^' the oppoitnnity 

 of examiniii};' the specimens in Leiden and London vvonld cin n the 

 thanks of his felIow-ornithoIo<;ists by pid)Iishinj;' a, </<'/rti/wi desci'iption 

 and com|»ajison. It is jn)pe(l that if anybody does so he will ^iv(^ the 

 ])artieidars of his invest i;;ation so (explicitly iLatothers amy be enabled 

 to form an independ(Mil opinion n))on them, and that we will not have 

 to eonleni onrselves with the resnits which he tliiid<s he has obtiiined, 

 as is the nsind way of many ornitholouists. 



in Ihenu'antinu', theatt(»ntionof snch (n-nilholo^ists should be directed 

 to the same (pieslion, who li;i\'e the opportnnily of in\ cstij^atin/j;' or pro- 

 im)tin^ invest i;^;i I ion of the North .\lhintic witters. I'Aci'ythin}^" seems 

 to indicate that such a bird may lie found somewlKac in tine nei;4hbor- 

 liood of (ireenland, and may b(^ consith^red as well entitled to a, phuio 

 in the North Ameiiean f.innal lists as many othei- species. It is now 

 ibr American ornitholo;;ists to piox'e th:it it really exists and that it 

 j-eally belongs to our a\i l'ann;i. 



11. — On riir; VViii'i'i;-\viN(ii;i) Simkjiks oi' 'iiiio (JioNUS CiioiMMius. > 



('V.pphuH iiiandin was (irst oblnined and desciibed from lhesea/betw(u»n ! 

 Hpit/.ber;;'en and ( Jreeiiland,an(l was snbse(pienlly IouimI in both of tliese 

 islands, from wli nth, also, theorij;in;il r.</r////r was reported simiillniicoiislN 

 as an inhabit:int. 



In ICnrope Mandt's Tyste has been ;;('neially reco^ni/.ed, by some iis 

 u {^'eofxraphieal race only, Schle{,'el, Hnndevall, t.V(;., desij^naied by a tri- 

 ])omin:il appellation, while other authors, :ind especially I'rtif. A. N(\wton, 

 maintained its ri^ht to rank as a distinct species. 



North Ameiiean ornitholo^'ists, however, up to tlui pi-e.sent date, havo 

 ignored llie form alt(>;;('t her, nit hoii^ii it hiis been posit i\'ely .staied to 



