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brow white or buffy white; wing feathers I)hick with white shafts. Aiiull iriiilcr: 

 With no black on nnder parts, which are whitish on the throat and bell\- and liglit 

 brownish streaked with g-rey elsewhere, more streaks on the chest; nsnally less yellow 

 above than in summer. )'()/ii/o: Similar to adults but with more golden above; crown 

 blacker. Length 9.85-10.00, wing 6.35-6.65, tail 2.65-2.90, culmen .85-1.00, tarsus 

 1. 60-1. 92 (1.70), toe 1. 20-1. 32, depth of bill .25. Hah. Breeding in Northern Asia 

 and Alaska, southward to Polynesia. Hawaiian Islands. Tlic following table of meas- 

 urements is taken from specimens in the Museum series: 



-Male Male, Male. Male. Male. 1-eniale I-emale. l-"eiilale. 



Length 9-90 9.85 10.00 9-75 10.00 10.00 10.00 lo.oo 



Wing 6.65 6.40 6.50 6.55 A. 35 6.45 6.75 6.50 



Tail 2.90 2.80 2. So 2.72 2. So 2.65 2. So 2.75 



Culmen .98 .98 1.00 .90 i .00 .85 .90 .97 



Tar.su.s 1.85 1.92 1.70 1.60 1.70 1.70 1.76 1.75 



Toe 1 .25 1 .30 1 .25 1 .20 1 .32 1 .25 1 .30 1 .25 



Depth of bill .25 .2ft .25 .25 .2h .25 .26 .26 



52. C. domin'icus fulvus' (Cmi i. i Pacific Golden Plover, Kolea. 

 I>1. XXV., 9397, 9897. 



F.\Mii.v APHRI^'ID^.— ScRK Birds .vxd Tikxstoxk.s. 



Cii'i/its. 

 Nasal grooves not more than half the length of the upper mandible; tail slightly 

 rounded ; terminal half of tlie bill pointed ( Page 29. ) Arena'ria. 



Gkm-s ARENA'RIA I'.ris.sox. 



Head white and streaked with black, or head blackish brown; throat white, 

 followed by a broad black band, /v/// ndii// iiialr: General color above black mixed 

 with chestnut or partly chestnut feathers; entire rump pure white; upper tail coverts 

 black, longer ones white; quills l)lack with white shafts; crown of head and hind neck 

 white; lores white; sides of neck, fore neck and breast black ; throat white; abdomen 

 white. I-'cnutIc: Duller all over and with less chestnut. 11 '/'///cr: Above nearh- uni- 

 form dusky brown, edges of feathers ashy brown; head uniform brown like the back; 

 hind neck and side of neck ashy mottled with dusky centres. Vokiiq-: General color 

 above dusky brown; throat and under surface of bodv white. Length about 8.00, wing 

 5.60-5.95, tail 2.40-2.50, culmen .88-.90, tarsus .95-1.05, toe 1.05, depth of beak .30. 

 Hab. Cosmopolitan. Hawaiian Islands. 



Fl. XX\'., S726. 9174. 53. A. inter'pres ' ( Lixx. ). Turnstone, Akekeke. 



3JMr. Henshaw adds S(//tahiro/a si/uafamla (I.inn.) from Hawaii. (Aiik. XVIL. p. 202. 



5- It is probable that A . iu/t'ifiirs (Linn.) and .1 . nn-lanoccfi/ialu (Vig.) both visit the islands. I [owever. I ha\e seen no spocimens of Iht 

 latter that have been taken in the ^rroii]). 



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