2. n^MATOPUS. 



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broadly tipped with dark brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white, but the lateral ones near the bend of the wing and the outer 

 lower greater coverts black ; the lower primary-coverts sooty 

 blackish ; the outer aspect of the thighs blackish : " bill red ; feet 

 pale flesh-colour ; iris golden yellow ; eyelids red " (R. Ridgivay). 

 Total length 15 inches, culmen '3:5, wing 9-9, tail 3'5, tarsus 2-15. 

 Hah. Galapagos Islands. 



a. <$ ad. ; b. $ ad. Indefatigable Island, Gala- Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 sk. pagos, Sept. 18 (Dr. A. 



Habel). 

 c. J ad. sk. Indefatigable Island, Gala- Dr. A. Habel [C.]. 



pagos. 



7. Haematopus frazari *. 



Hsematopus palliatus (nee Temm.), Scl. $ Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 499 

 (Straits of Magellan) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 748 (Peru) ; Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1883, p. 429 (Paracas Bay) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 350 

 (1880) ; Macf. Ibis, 1S87, p. 205 (San Lorenzo Is., Peru) ; Brewster, 

 Auk, v. p. 86 (1888 : Isabella Isl., W. Coast of Mexico, Tehuan- 

 tepec). 



Hsematopufl frazari, Breivster,Auk,\\ p. 84 (18S8 : Carmen Is., Gulf 

 of California) ; Towmend, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 138 (1890: 

 Concepcion Bay). 



Adult male. Similar to H. palliatus, but much darker brown on 

 the back and with no white on the primaries ; the axillari.es and 

 under wing-coverts white, but mottled with spots of black along 

 the edge of the wing and shown g a small blackish patch above the 

 lower primary-coverts, which are dusky like the quill-lining ; chest 

 mottled with black spots forming a kind of band : " bill dark 

 carmine; legs pale flesh-colour, in skin" (W. Brewster). Total 

 length 17 inches, culmen 3-15, wing 10-4, tail 3-8, tarsus 2-15. 



Hah. S. California, and probably the whole western coast of 

 Central and Southern America to Chili. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Tres Marias Islands, "West Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Mexico, March 17 (A. 



Forrer). 

 I. $ ad. sk. Arauco, Tarapaca, Aug. 10 Berkeley James Coll. 



(L. Lane). 



c. 2 ad. sk. Paracas Bay, Peru, Oct. (A. H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Markham). 



d. S ad. sk. Prov. Santiago, Chili (Let/bold). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e-h. Ad. et imm. Central Chili. Berkeley James Coll. 



8. Haematopus durnfordi. (Plate YI.) 



Hffimatopus palliatus | nee Temm.'), Durnf. Pji's, 1878, p. 403 (Tambo 

 Point . ( Jhuput River Mouth ; breeding) ; Scl. h} Huds. Argent. Orn. 

 ii. p. L76 | L889: Tambo Point). 



* I have never seen a really typical H.fra:ari from Southern California, 

 but I expect tbat the specimens here enumerated will be found to belong to 

 that species. 



