32. ORTYGOPS. 127 



C. It. xliii. p. 599 (1856) ; Sharpe, ed. LayarcVs B. 6". Afr. p. 617 



(1884). 

 Porzaiia noveboracensis, Baird, Cass, S^ Lawr. B. N, Atner, p. 750 



(1858) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1866, p. 40 (San Autonio, Texas) ; Letter. 



Ann. Li/c. N. Y. viii. p. 295 (1866: New Jersey); C'oues, Proc. 



Bost. Soc. N. H. xii. p. 124 (18(J8: S. Carolina) ; 8cl. i^- Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1868, p. 457 ; TunA B. East Pennsylv. p. 33 (1869) ; 



Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. ii. p. 357 (1871) ; id. Amer. Nat. 



1870, p. 639 ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 274 (1872); Coues, B. 



N.-West, p. 539 (1874) ; Mayn. B. East. N. Amer. p. iil (1879); 



Bidyw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 202 (1880) ; Baird, Brewer, ^- 



Eidyw. Water-B. N.Amer.i. p. 375 (1884) ; Clark, Auk, i. p. 397 



(1884: D. Columbia) ; Scott, Auk, ii. p. 110 (1885 ; Ottawa) ; Lawr. 



t. c. p. 274 (Long Isl.) ; Goss, t. c. p. 385, iii. p. 113 (1886 : Kansas, 



breeding) ; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 142 (1886) ; Ridgw. 



Man. N. Amer. B. p. 140 (1887) ; Bryant, F. S) S. xxvi. p. 426 



(1887) ; Towns. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. pp. 163, 197, 234 (1887 : 



N. California) ; Beckh. t. c. p. 637 (J3exar Co., Texas), p. 651 



(San Autonio) ; Saunders, Auk, iw'^.^il {\SS7 : Ontario); Smith 



Sf Palmer, Auk, v. p. 147 (1888) ; Butcher, t. c. p. 177 (Long Isl.) ; 



Merrill, t. c. p. 319 (Connecticut) ; Austin, F. Sf S. xxx. p. 205 



(1888 : Conn., March) ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 257 (1889) ; 



Thoiups. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 495 (1891 : Manitoba) ; 



Loomis, Auk, viii. p. 55 (1891) ; Cory, Cat. West Ind. B. pp. 91, 



137 (1892). 

 Araniides noveboracensis. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 61, no. 10448 



(1871). 

 Ortygops noveboracensis, Heine ^- lieichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 



p. 320 (1890). 



Adult. General colour above light tawny, the feathers variegated 

 with broad black centres and bars and fi-ingcs of white, these white 

 edgings almost obsolete on the liind neck ; wing-coverts browner 

 than the back, but barred and fringed \vith white in the same 

 manner ; bastard-wing pale sepia-brown, slightly freckled with white 

 dots at the end ; primary-coverts darker brown than the quills, 

 which are also unitbrm brown ; the first primary edged with white, 

 the inner primaries white on the inner webs ; the outer secondaries 

 entirely white, the innermost ones exactly like the back ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, edged with tawny buff and crossed with narrow 

 white lines ; crown of head darker brown than the back, with a few 

 tiny white dots, but scarcely any trace of tawny margins; lores and 

 feathers below tlio eye dusky blackish, extending on to the ear- 

 coverts ; sides of crown and sides of face ta^vlly buff, with a few 

 white dots, which are also on tiie eyebrow, which is very distinct ; 

 throat white, as also the lower breiist and abdomen ; the lower 

 throat, fore neck, and chest dull lawny buif, varied with a few 

 white fringes to the feathers, preceded by a blackish subterminal 

 spot or bar ; Hanks also tawny l)uft', but much more distinctly 

 barred with black and white ; thighs brown externally, butf inter- 

 nally ; under tail-coverts vinous, with small white spots and 

 blackish subterminal bars ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pure 

 white ; quills ashy below : " bill greenish black, with the base dull 

 yellowish orange ; feet and claws light fleeh-colour ; iris hazel " 



