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tioii. Dr. G. Hartlaub, in a very important contribution to the Alaskan 



Avifauna (Beitrag zur Ornithologie von Alaska, Journ. f. Ornitb., 1883, 



p. 270), sbows that A. ptilocneniis winters along the northwestern coast 



of North America. He reports one specimen having been procured by 



Messrs. Krause at Portage Bay on the 27th of December, and two 



females on January 27. The travelers remark that the species was not 



seen in large flocks before the end of April, and that it was absent 



during the summer. 



List of specimens collected. 



?]"o. 89035. — Bill blackish gray with an olive tinge, yellowish olive gray towards the base. Feet, yel- 

 lowish olive gray ; foes darker. 



No. 89181. — Iris dark brown. 



Xo. 92785.— Bill olive blackish towards tip, yellowish towards base. Feet olive yellow, joints 

 darker olive. 



■Jfo. 92786. — Bill olive blackish at tip, yellowish at base. Feet dull olive yellow, joints darker olive 

 gray. Tip of tail reached middio of basal phalange of middle toe, legs being stretched backwards, 

 while tip of wings reached the tar.sal joint. New feathers protruding all over the body. Testes large, 

 swollen. Very fat. In the stomach, remains of a Lumbricus and a larva of a beetle. 



No. 89037 is the mother of the chick No. 89040. 



No. 89040. — Iris daik brown. Bill olive gray, blackish at tip. Feet brownish gray. 



No. 92790.— Bill olive black. Feet violet gray. 



No. 92789. — Bill blackish brown, lighter and more olivo at the base. F(!et, gVAy with a light oliv^ 

 tiuse. 



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