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ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



Coviparative table of dimensions — Continued, 

 n.— HETEKACTITIS BEEVIPES. 



*Specimens witli the whole under surface, including under tail-coverts uniformly barred with dark 

 gray. 

 fType of Totanus pohinesioe Peale. 

 X Specimens wil hout bars underneath. 

 § Specimens barred on fore neck, throat, and flanks. 

 II For additional specimens received after the tal)le was prepared, see under the following species. 



List of specimens collected. 



No. 89077.— Iris dark brown. Bill brownish black, lighter brownish gray at base of lower mandible. 

 Peetocher yellow, with a faint greenish tinge on the joints. 



No. 92815.— Iri3 dark brown. Bill olive gray, blackish at tip. Feet yellow, with a faint greenish 

 tinge ; nails black. 



The Wandering Tattler, tlie "Tschornij Knlik'' of tlie Eussians, 

 comes to the islands during tlie latter part of May, and may then be 

 met with on the stony beaches close to the water's edge, in pairs or in 

 very small troops. At the time of their arrival thi^v are less shy than 

 totanine birds generally, but their conduct changes after awhile, so 

 that I only once, on Copper Island, in the middle of July, observed a 

 single specimen during the summer, although I feel suspicious that 

 they breed there. 



