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CHARADEIIDjE. 



behind the upper part of the eye and a large loral spot white ; all 

 the rest of the uuderparts from the lower breast downwards pure 

 white, except the thighs, which are brownish. Total length 8 

 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 5 - 7, tail 2 - 4, tarsus 095, middle toe and 

 claw 1*1. 



Adult female in breeding-plumage. Similar to the male. Total 

 length 8 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 5*9, tail 2-4, tarsus 1, middle toe 

 and claw 1*15. 



Young male after first moult. Differs from the adult in having 

 broad white edgings to the scapulars, wing-coverts, and inner 

 secondaries, and in having a streak of whity brown behind the eye, 

 without any sign of white spots on the head or sides of neck. 



According to Eidgway, the old and young birds in winter plumage 

 " have the anterior parts of the head smoky-brown, much lighter 

 than the body, with no trace of white markings about the head and 

 jugulum." 



Hah. Western North America from Alaska to Monterey in Cali- 

 fornia. 



a. Ad. st. N.W.America. 



b. Ad. sk. N.W. America. 



c-ff. J 1 ad. et St. Michael's, Alaska, June, July, 

 juv. sk. Aug. (E. W. Nelson : Hensh. 



Coll.). 

 A. 5 ad. sk. Xotlik, Alaska, May 20 (E. W. 



Nelson : Hensh. Coll.). 

 i. cJ ad. sk. Camp Simiamu, Nov. 19 (C. B. 



Kennedy), 

 k. Ad. sk. San Juan de Fuca. 



1. Ad. sk. Fort Steilacoom, Puget Sound, 



Aug. 29 (O. Buckley), 

 m, n, o. Ad. sk. Vancouver Island. 

 p. 2 imm. sk. Esquimalt, Aug. (G. Mathew). 

 q, r. Ad. sk. Esquimalt Harbour. 

 s, t. c? ad. sk. San Fraucisco, California, Aug. 

 u. Ad. sk. San Francisco (Hensh. Coll.). 



v-y. <$ ad. sk. San Luis Obispo, California, Oct. 



(H. W. Heiishaiv). 

 z. $ ad. sk. Sau Miguel Island, California, 



Aug. 2 ( Capt. Homey : Hensh. 



Coll), 

 a'. <3 ad. sk. Farallone Islands, California 



(Hensh. Coll.). 



Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Capt. Kellett & Lieut. 



Wood [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J. K. Lord, Esq. [C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 J.K. Lord, Esq. [C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



