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BULLETIN 50. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Saxicola cetianthr cinerea Brehm (A. E.), Verz. Samml. ('. L. Brehm, 1866, 5. 



Vitijlora septentrionah's Brehm, Vog. Deutschl., 1831, 40.3. 



Saxicola acnanthe seplentnonalis Brehm (A. E.), Verz. Samml. C L. Brehm, 18()6, 5. 



FiVty/ora (/rtsm Brehm, Vog. Deutschl., 1831, 405. 



Saxicola cenanthe grisea Brehm (A. E.), Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, 186(5, 5. 



Saxicola ostrata Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Symb. Phys., Aves, 1833. I'ol. an. 



[Saxicola'\ ostrata Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 225, no. 3232. 



Saxicola libanotica Hemprich and Ehrenberg, Symb. Phys., Aves, 1833, fol. hb. 



[Saxicola] libanotica Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 225, no. 3220. 



Saxicola cenanthoidcs Vigors, Zool. Voy. "Blossom," 1839, 19 (no locality given, 

 but said to be from northwest coast of North America). — Baird, in Stans- 

 bury's Rep. Great Salt Lake 1853, 329, part.— Cassin, Illustr. Birds Cal., 

 Tex., etc., 1854, 208, part. 



S[axicola] cenanthoidcs Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1846, 179. 



[Saxicola] cenanthoides Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 225, no. 3222. 



{?) Vitijlora major Brehm, Vogelf., 1855, 224. 



Saxicola oenanthe alpestris Brehm (A. E.), Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, 1866, 5. 



Saxicola oenanthe melanoptera Brehm (A. E.), Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, 1866, 5. 



Saxicola oenanthe maritima Brehm (A. E.), Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, 1866, 5. 



Saxicola cenanthe crassirostris Brehm (A. E.), Verz. Samml. (". L. Brehm, 1866, 5. 



Saxicola oenanthe macrohynchos Brehm (A. E.), Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, 1866, 5. 



SAXICOLA CENANTHE LEUCORHOA (Vieillot). 

 GREENLAND WHEATEAR. 



Similar to S. ca.. op.nanthe, but decidedly larger; autumnal and winter 

 specimens with under parts more strongly cinnamomeous. 



Adult ma7f.— Length (skins), 161-167 (165); wing, 100.5-106.5 

 (103.8); tail, 54.5-60.5 (58.3) ; exposed culmen, 13-15 (13.9) ; tarsus, 

 27-30.5 (28.9); middle toe, 15.5-16 (15.8).« 



Adult female. —Length (skins), 145-165 (156); wing, 97-103.5 (99); 

 tail, 53-58 (56.1); exposed culmen, 13.5-14.5 (14.1); tarsus, 27.5-29 

 (28.4); middle toe, 14.5-15.5 (15).^ 



Breeding in Greenland and Iceland and in northeastern North 

 America from Arctic islands on western side of Davis Strait to Labra- 

 dor (Nachvak, etc.) — probably also to Quebec (Godbout) ; during 

 migration southward, sporadically, to New Brunswick, Ontario 



a Six specimens. 

 & Seven specimens. 



North American and European specimens compare iu average measurements as 

 follows: 



