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S ad. The ground color of back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail- 

 c:)verts dark liver-browii, tlie uape aud crown light reddish brown barred 

 with black, and on the back and other posterior parts very finely aud 

 densely vermiculated with black, producing the dark liver-brown general 

 aspect. The jugulum similar to the crown and nape, but mth the black 

 bars broader and more distinct, but becoming finer and less distinct on 

 the upper breast. The wing, including primaries, secondaries, and some 

 of the tertiaries white, with few scattered feathers of same pattern of 

 coloration as the upper back. The longer upper tail- coverts are some- 

 what darker than the color of the back, owing to the finer vermiculation 

 of the black and brown colors. Chin and lower sides of head white. 

 The black stripe from base of side of bill is much spotted with white. 

 The lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white. Tail black, 

 with very narrow tip of white, and decidedly rounded in outline. 



Catalogue No. 73489. Fnalashka, May 18, 1877. 

 9, ad. Upper parts, including head, neck, and upper tail-coverts 

 bright brown-ochre, the tips of each feather either brighter or else 

 white, coarsely barred, having a tendency to spotting with black, which, 

 on elevating the superincumbent feathers, is greater in area on each 

 side of the shaft. The lower parts, including foreueck, breast, and sides, 

 bright yellow-ochre with sparser, but more regular bars of black. The 

 wings, including primaries and secondaries, white. The wing-coverts 

 similar to the coloration of the hind neck. The flanks and sides broadly 

 barred with black and light yellowish-ochre. The lower tail-coverts 

 very distinctly barred with black and yellowish-ochre, the latter color 

 finely dotted with black and narrowly tipped with white. Abdomen 

 white. The claws black with light edges and tip. Tarsus and toes of 

 both sexes covered with fine white downy feathers containing few 

 bristles. 



No. 43682, $ , ad., Arctic coast, east of Fort Anderson, H. B. 7, July 

 25, 1867. 



This exami)le is in full breeding plumage and scarcely differs in any 

 regard from No. 43675 and No. 80100 from near the same region. 

 3. Lagopus miitus reinhardti (Brelim) Turner. 



No. 20346, <?, ad., Sukkertoppen, in lat. 65° 22' N. and long. 53° 05' 

 W. on the West coast of Greenland, July 24, 1860; marked L. reinhardti. 

 Ground color grayish-fulvous, minutely dotted with black and fulvous- 

 brown, nowhere producing bars, excei)t on jugulum, upper breast, and 

 sides of neck, where these bars are very narrow, and of black and yel- 

 lowish-brown color. 



No. 20347, <? ad, (from the same locality as the preceding example) 

 marked L. reinhardti. Is similar to the preceding, but has a more 

 grayish ground color and greater tendency to barring on the rump, 

 some of the tail-coverts, upper breast, sides of neck and jugulum. The 

 tendency to produce bars is scarcely evident in No. 20346. 



No. 70997, 2, yng., Niantalik, Cumberland Gulf. 



