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eyebrow ; base of forehead black, as well as a broad streak from 

 the base of the bill to below the eye ; ear-coverts brown ; a black 

 streak from the eye along the upper edge of the ear-coverts ; cheeks 

 and throat white, extending backwards to the sides of the neck ; 

 across the fore-neck a broad black collar, united to the collar round 

 the hind-neck ; this black collar followed by a narrower one of 

 white, and again, on the chest, by a second black collar ; remainder 

 of under surface of body, as well as the under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries, pure white : quill-lining ashy whitish : " bill black : 

 feet pale pinkish or pale greyish yellow ; iris dark brown : eyelids 

 orange-red or scarlet" {Baird, Brewer, 4' Ridgway). Total length 

 9 inches, culmen 0-U5, wing 5 - 9, tail 3*8, tarsus 1-3. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male. Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 0-95, wing 6'5, tail 3*8, tarsus L*35. 



Adidt in winter plumage. Rather browner than in summer, and 

 not quite so grey. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having sandy-rufous margins to 

 the feathers of the upper surface. 



Hab. Temperate North America, extending to Central and South 

 America in winter. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



f-k. Ad. etjuv.sk. 

 /. I m m. sk. 

 m. 3 juv. sk. 



n. 3 juv. sk. 



o. 3 ad. sk. 



p. 2 ad. sk. 



q. 3 ad. sk. 



r. 3 juv. sk. 

 *. 3 ad. sk. 



t, u. Inini. sk. 



v. 3 ad. sk. 

 tc, x. 3 ad. sk. 



y, z, a'. 3 ad. et 

 juv. ; b', c'. $ 

 ad. sk. 



d',e . 3 inini. sk. 



North America. 



North America. 

 Hudson's Bay (Sir G. Back). 

 New Jersey {H. E. Dresser). 

 Fort Dufferin, Manitoba (Sir 



G. Dawson). 

 British Columbia. 

 Vancouver Island. 

 Umatilla Agency, Oregon, 



Aug. 24 (Hensh. Coll.). 

 "Washoe Lake, Nevada 



(Hensh. Coll.). 

 Washington, D.C., March 5 



(Hensh. Coll.). 

 Louisiana, March (Hensh. 



Coll.). 

 Ogden, Utah, July (C. H. 



Merriam: Hensh. Coll.). 

 Florida, Oct. 30 ( Hensh. Coll.). 

 Tarpon Springs, Florida, Dec. 



25 ( Jl'. E. D. Scott). 

 Bermuda, Nov., Dec. 



Fort Benton (J. Eearsall). 



Oakland, California, Dec. 

 (Hensh. Coll.). 



Ballina, San Diego Co., Cali- 

 fornia, March to June (F. 

 Stephens). 



San Jose del Cabo, Lower 

 California ( W. Brewster : 

 Hensh. Coll.). 



J. J. Audubon, Esq. 



Biocour Coll. 

 Arctic Land Exped. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 N. A. Bound. Com- 

 mission. 

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

 J. K. Lord, Esq. IP.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sahin-Godman Coll. 



Capt. Savile Reid 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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