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white on abdomen, anal region, and under tail-coverts; axiUars and 

 proximal mider wing-coverts clear light bluish-gray (gull-gray or Hght 

 gull-gray), the distal under wing-coverts slate-gray; bill black; iris 

 scarlet or scarlet- vermihon; bare orbital space Uvid flesh color; legs 

 and feet lake-red, or pinkish-red;'^ length (skins), 361-459 (412) ; wing, 

 196.5-214.5 (204.9); tail, 173-211 (193.5); culmen, 15-18 (16.7); 

 tarsus, 26-29 (27.4); middle toe, 26.5-29.5 (27.7).^ 



Adult female. — Distinctly duller in plumage than the adult male, 

 the head more brownish-gray, the back^ scapulars, and proximal 

 secondaries more decidedly brownish, the scapulars and wing-coverts 

 more numerous spots or more heavily spotted with black; the vina- 

 ceous-fawn color of the foreneck and rest of under parts replaced by 

 hght di-ab, passing into pale drab-gray- on breast and sides, and 

 metaUic gloss of hindneck and sides of neck less brilhant; iris orange 

 or orange-red; bare orbital space pale grayish-blue; legs and feet paler 

 lake-red than in adult male; length (skins), 290-428 (352); wing, 

 175-210 (198.1); tail, 141.5-194.5 (176.6); culmen, 15-18.5 (16.9); 

 tarsus, 25.5-28.5 (27.1); middle toe, 25-28.5 (26.6).^ 



o Fresh colors of specimens bought ia Washington Market, Mar. 26, 1870. 

 ^ Twenty-three specimens. c Seventeen specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



One adiilt male from New Brunswick 



One adult male from Maine 



Two adult males from Massachusetts , 



Two adult males from New York 



Two adult males from Pennsylvania , 



One adult male from Georgia 



Two adult males from Indiana 



Five adult males from Wisconsin 



Two adult males from Minnesota 



Two adult males from Indian Territory 



One adult male from Nebraska 



One adult male from Montana? (Pack River) . . . : 



One adult male from "California" 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from northern Ontario (Moose Factory) 



One adult female from Quebec (Chambly ) 



One adult female from New York 



One adult female from New Jersey 



One adult female from Pennsylvania 



One adult female from Maryland 



One adult female from District of Columbia 



One adult female from North Carolina 



One adult female from Kentucky 



Two adult females from Indiana 



One adult female from Michigan 



Two adult females from Wisconsin 



One adult female Irom Washington (Puget Sound) 



