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ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



List of specimens collected. 



92960 

 92961 

 92962 

 92966 

 92967 

 92964 

 92968 

 92969 

 92970 

 92973 

 89140 

 89139 

 89141 

 92959 

 92963 

 92965 

 92071 

 92972 

 92975 

 102224* 

 92974 



92970 

 92977 



1823 

 1829 

 1837 

 1841 

 1842 

 1839 

 1854 

 1866 

 1871 

 2203 

 1475 

 1474 

 1476 

 1808 

 1838 

 1840 

 3894 

 2014 

 2285 

 2334 

 2266 

 1486 

 2235 

 2202 



Locality. 



Bering Island Dec. 29,1882 



do Dec. 30,1882 



...do Jan. 3,1883 



do Jan. 3,1883 



..do Jan. 3,1883 



..do Jan. 3,1883 



.do Jan. 5,1883 



..do Jan. 9,1883 



do Jan. 16,1883 



Copper Island June 28, 1883 



...do Julj', 1882 



do July, 1882 



do July, 1882 



Bering Island .... Dec. 14,1882 



do Jan. 3,1883 



do Jan. 3,1883 



...do Jan. 30,1883 



do May 6,1883 



Copper Island July 21, 1883 



...do July 21, 1883 



do I July 18,1883 



Bering Island I Aug. 22, 1882 



Copper Island July 12,1883 



...do June 28, 1883 



(f ad. 



d ad. 



d ad. 



cT ad. 



d ad. 



d ad. 



d-ad. 



d ad. 



d ad. 



cT ad. 

 (d')ad. 

 (cDad. 

 (cr)ad. 



ad. 



ad. 



ad. 



ad. 



ad. 



ad. 



ad. 



cf juv. 



juv. 



? pull. 



cfpull. 



mm. 

 185 

 181 

 195 

 190 

 195 

 195 

 192 

 191 

 193 

 207 



mwi. 



11 



3 



188 

 184 

 192 

 203 

 211 



195 

 180 

 171 

 128 



mwi. 

 105 

 109 

 106 

 113 

 108 

 114 

 112 

 105 

 108 

 113 

 110 

 107 



104 

 105 

 106 

 110 

 110 

 105 



105 



107 



68 



mm. 

 33 

 31 

 30 

 31 

 30 

 35 

 35 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 30 

 27 



mrn. 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



mm. 



22 

 21 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 22 



mm. 

 30 

 30 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 32 

 31 

 32 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 30 



* Preserved in alcohol. 



No. 929(50. — Iris white. Bill, milky white at tip and at base of lower mandible ; rest of the bill, 

 including culmen, upper tomia, and a median cross-band on lower mandible, vivid blood-red ; nasal 

 cuirass and a small portion in front of nostrils, as well as the soft cere at base, blackish browu. Feet 

 light bluish gray, with the joints somewhat browni.sh violet, the tinge of the bine being different from 

 that of S. pnsilhis (L. S., No. 1818), mixed as it is with "neutral tint ;" soles and webs blackish. Con- 

 tents of crop and stomach Gammarids. Colored drawing (pi. iv, fig. 1) prepared immediately. 



N-o. 92961.— Iris white. Testes somewhat swollen ; crop and stomach contained Gammarids. 



No. 92962. — Iris white. Bill, blackish brown on nasal cuirass, and a little in front of nostrils, then 

 dull red, and at tip horny, brownish white. Foot, light bluish gray, with a faint violet tinge. Testes, 

 small, not swollen. Lean; crop contained Amphipods. 



No. 92966. — Iris white. Testes, small, not swollen. Fat. Crop contained small Amphipods. 



No. 929C4. — As foregoing, but feet a trifle more bluish. Not fat. Amphipods. 



No. 92968. — Iris white. Bdl somewhat pale, the red portion being hardly deeper colored than red- 

 dish flesh-color. Feet a little more bluish than usual. Testes small, not swollen. 



No. 92959 — Iris white, with a faint, yellowish tinge. Bill dull blood red, with the base of culmen, 

 the nasal cuirass, and a small portion in front of the nostrils blackish brown; base of upper tomia 

 pale brownish gray ; tip of upper mandible dark brownish gray ; lower mandible somewhat paler, 

 almost flesh-colored at base, and behind the brownish tip. Feet, light bluish gray, with a faint brown- 

 ish tinge on the, joints; soles, nails, and webs, blackish; interior of mouth white, with a light flesh- 

 colored tinge ; stomach empty, with the exception of the shell of a small Gastropod and three homy 

 hooks of a Decapod. 



No. 92971.— Stomach and crop filled with Gammarids. 



No. 92972. — Iris white. Bill vivid scarlet, the nasal cuirass tinged with carmine, the rest slightly 

 mixed with orange ; edges and angles of nasal cuirass with blackish marks ; tip of both mandibles 



