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AHDSON in Faun. Bor.-Amer. II. p. 465, as belonging to 0. columhianm, 

 Piofessor SCHLEOEL (Mas. T. B. VI, Anseres, p. 82) refers it to hewicJdl 

 under AThich name Eichaedson also described it. In the mean time 

 after It has been slioTvn that this species does not at all occur in the 

 ^ew World, It appears to be certain that the American ornithologists are 

 right. The description contains, besides, nothing that speaks in favor of 

 ScHLEaEL's opinion. -Cere orange (that color entirely behind the 

 Bostrils)" agrees fully as well to 0. cohmUanus. It is not so remarka- 

 le that EiCHARDSON himself identifies it with Yarrell's hewicldL for 

 this was first described the previous year, and that without special de- 

 tails concerning the color of the bill. Besides, it would almost seem 

 as If the specimen had not been preserved, and the description com- 

 piled from memory, or from a short notice in his journal. When the sneci 

 men was killed at Igloolik the 0. hewicJcil was'not yet described. It is 

 therefore most probable that Richardson at the time overiooked the 

 species, and then, when first informed of the description of Yarrell 

 has remembered that he had killed a Swan on which the yellow colo; 

 lid not extend to the nostrils. In confirmation of this, it may be stated 

 that the dimensions given are not of the specimen described, but copied 

 from YARRELL, and that it is not indicated where it was deposited, as 

 IS the case with the other specimens collected by him. 



U. S. I^AT. Mus. ^-o. 85.578. [i ad. CurrUuel<, North Carolina, 1st Be- 



cember, 1881. By Mr. Isaac Hinckley.) 



Total length of the newly killed bird 1,355'^-, between the tips of the 



outstretched wings 2,180-". Length of the bill along gape 100"". froin 



the tip to thefrontof the nostrils 16™^ to the fore border of the eve 12" 



^oT^urT''' i*^f '"'f ''' '"^■^' "^ '^' '^'' ^^ t^^ ^^^"^^ ^«rd;r of the 

 nostuls 01, and from that point to the tip of the bill 56™". Breadth of 



mini l^'^ZT''' ''■™- ^^"^'^^ ^^ '^'^ ^'"'^ ^'--^■- -^ter toe ll. 

 ^dt!Su92^' '""""" '"" '"'' '"'' ""''''' ''' ''™"- ^^^«"« 11^' ^"^^ - ^i 



Tip of tail beyond folded Avings 92'"™. Outstretched legs reach 50- 

 2ZT ^''^' ^'"^^^ ""^ '"^"^"'' ^e^sm^ed inside of the wing, 



Largest secondaries 23™™ longer than the longest primary o,,^ ,,^1 

 mary longest, 8- longer than the 1st, which is equal to the 3d. The 

 nner web of the the three first primaries and the outer web of the sec 



aries 25 ' '" " ' '""''''• """"^'^ '' ^"^'"^^"^'^ 1^' «f «^--l- 

 Number of tail-feathers 20, one in the sheath 



^inH^! .1 T -^"^ '^ '^' '"^^^ "^^^"^^^^^^' "*^^ ^^^ ^^^'"ella dark 



P^i^l^^5^;ed^^changing into plumbeous black at the base. Naked skin 



long. Iho spot before the eye was 12- long, and intense orange colored. 



