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ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS. 



Blakist. & Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 210.— /u7,, Tr. As. Soc. Jap. VIII, 1880, p^ 

 179.— lid., iUd. X, 1882, p. 88.— Seeb., Ibis, 1879, p. 21,— Palm^.n, Swed! 

 Cat. LoncL Fish. Exh., p. 201 (1883).— Saunders, Ibis, 1883, p. 348.— 

 Blakist., Ameud. List B. Jap., p. 20 ilSQ\).—Fraiercula c. Vigors, Zool. 

 Voy. Blossom, Oru.,p. 33 (1839).— Cassix, Pr. Ac. Philada., 1862, p. 324.— 

 FiNSCH, Abb. Brom. Ver., Ill, 1872, p. 82.— Coues in Elliott's Aff, Alaska, 

 p. 203 (1875).— EixiOTT, Monogr. Seal Isl., p. 134 (1882). 



1^29. — Fratcrcitla carinaia Vigors, Zool. Jouru., IV, p. 358. 



ISbh^Sagmaiorrliina lathami Boxap., P. Z. S., 1851, p. 202, pi. 44. 



1858. — Sar/maforrhina labradoria Cassin in Baird's B. N. Amer., p. 904. — Dall. & 

 Bannist., Tr. Cbicag. Acad., I, 1869, p. 309. 



List of specimens collected. 



* In alcohol. 



* One-quarter downy. 



tHead only. 



^ One-half downy. 



' Only a few downs left. 

 * Seven-eighths downy. 



No. 89087.— Iris creamy white. Bill, terminal part bright salmon red, on upper mandible shaded with 

 brownish, towards the base ; basal part light olive green, the cylindrical ridge on culmen more apple- 

 green ; the angle of the mouth and the narrow, naked stripe of skin between bill and feathering, and 

 a longitudinal stripe on the "rosette," which is of a somewhat purplish iiesh color, vermillion, as is 

 also the naked ring round the eyes. Feet vivid salmon red ; soles reddish brown ; nails black. 



No. 92921.— Iris light grayish cream-color. Color of bill similar to foregoing, but red part of bill 

 more orange, and the green parts, except the crest on the top of culmen, duller and more brownish; 

 eye-ring also less bright. Feet more orange colored. Fat. Eggs swollen. 



No. 92920.— Iris dirty white, with a faint creamy tinge. Bill, fore part vivid salmon red, with dark 

 brownish shades at tip of upper mandible and between the last groove and the basal part, which is 

 dark brown, with the tomium of upper mandible reddish anteriorly and brownish flesh color pos- 

 teriorly ; the brown of the lower mandible is mottled with biownish flesh color : angle of mouth orange 

 colored, as U also the mesial furrow of the "rosette," which is light flesh color. Feet very pale salmon- 

 red, brownish beneath. Very lean. Stomach contained a blackish brown, tar-like fluid. 



No. 92922.— Iris light yellowish gray. Bill, terminal part orauge-red, more brownish towards the 

 tip; tomia dark brownish, as is also the lasal part of both mandibles, which is quite soft; the "rosette" 

 light brownish flesh color; furrows and corner of moulh dull orange. Feet whiti.'^h, with a tinge of 



