212 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



of the angulus mentalis Mack, with liigher shadings of pinkish lead- 

 color. 



Legs brownish black. 



Iris dark brown. 



Plnmage pure white, with a faint tinge on rusty of the forehead and 

 crown. 



Coll. Stejneger, Ko. 437. ( ^ ad. Koshl-onong Lal:e, Jefferson County, 

 Wisconsin, 9th Noremher, 1880. Bij Prof. TnuRE Kumlien.) 



In the freshly killed bird the length from the tip of the bill to the end 

 of the tail amounted, according to Mr. Kumllen's land information, to 

 52.72 inches, *. e., 1,333™", and the tail reached 2 inches, i. e., 51"'"\ 

 beyond the tips of the folded wings. The remaining dimensions are as 

 follows: Length of bill from tip to mouth, 99'"-; to the fore border of 

 the nostrils, 44-"'; to the front of the eye, 117"""; the breadth of the 

 bill at the nostrils, 32"'"^. Lengtli of toes with claws: Outer toe 141, 

 middle toe 151, inner toe 121, and hind toe 30""". Length of tarsus 123, 

 wing 547, and tail 152""™. 



The whole of the bill and lores black, with exception of a spot about 

 20-- long and 8""" broad (now of a yellowish-gray color), which ex- 

 tends from the eye forward and downward, along the borders of the 

 plumage of the cheeks, and which in the fresh condition, according 

 to Mr. KuMLiEN's statement, was " very conspicuously orange-yellow ; 

 feet and tarsi black, the naked portion of tibia a little lighter; iris 

 brownish black." 



The whole plumage pure white, with exception of a great many small, 

 narrow, but regularly spread, rusty yellow longitudinal spots on the 

 crown, the points of many of the feathers being of this color. Besides, 

 the points and the edge of the outer web of some of the first primaries, 

 and the large upper coverts of these, are shaded with brownish gray. 



TJ. S. Nat. Mits. :No. 85579. {—jun. Curritnc'k, North Carolina,28th Xo- 

 remher, 1881. By Mr. Isaac Hinckley). 



Total length of the bird in flesh 1^183—. L. of bill along gape 84-", 

 from the tip to the front of the nostrils 39""", to the fore border of the 

 eye 108"-. Breadth of bill at the middle of the nostrils 31"™. Dis- 

 tance from the anterior angle of the eye to the hind border of the nos- 

 trils 58, and from this point to tlie tip of the bill 48"-. Length of toes 

 with claws: outer toe 130, middle toe 138, inner toe 112, and hind toe 

 26—. Length of tarsus 110, wing 510, and tail 137—. 



The tip of the tail reaches 03— beyond the folded wings, outstretched 

 legs 100— beyond the tip of tail. Length of cubitus, measured inside 

 of the wing, 258—. 



The longest secondaries are equal to the longest primary. 2ud and 

 3d primaries equal and largest, the first considerably shorter. Tlie 



