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and parapteral feathers ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and pri- 

 maries black, the inner ones black edged with white, which increases 

 gradually on the inner ones, which have only a black mark near the 

 end of the outer web ; the inner secondaries entirely white, the long 

 innermost quills brown, grey at the ends ; tail-feathers pearly grey ; 

 head and neck all round vinaceous chestnut, becoming paler on the 

 hind-neck and on the lower throat, where it gradually overspreads 

 the breast ; the rest of the under surface being white, including the 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries ; base of forehead and base of chin 

 also white : " bill deep black ; feet ashy blue ; iris umber-brown " 

 (R. Ridgivay). Total length 16 inches, culmen 3-7, wing 8-9, 

 tail 3 - 4, tarsus 3' 7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 15 inches, 

 culmen 3-5, wing 8*9, tail 3 - 3, tarsus 3-5. 



Adult in winter plumage. Differs from the summer plumage in 

 having the head and hind-neck pale lavender-grey. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but brownish black where the full 

 plumage is deep black ; the head and face pale lavender-grey ; the 

 hind-neck and sides of neck washed with pale cinnamon ; and the 

 white of the mantle sullied with brown. 



Ilab. Temperate North America, north to the Saskatchewan and 

 Great Slave Lake, south (in winter) to Guatemala, Cuba, and 

 Jamaica (R. Ridgivay). 



a. Ad. sestiv. st. 



b. Ad. sestiv. st. 



c. d. Ad. sk. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. 



g. 3 pestiv. sk, 



h. 3 ad. sk. 



i. 2 ad. sk. 



k, 1. 3 ad. sk. 



to. 3 ad. sk. 



n-s. 3 $ ad. hieni. 



t-w. 3 sestiv. ; x. 



5 sk. 

 y-b". 3 $ sestiv. 



sk. 

 c". 5 hiem. sk. 



d". Ad. sk. 



Hudson's Bay Territory. 

 Hudson's Bay Territory. 



49th Parallel, July (G. 

 Dan-son). 



Near Chief Mountain, Da- 

 kota, Aug. 29 (E. Cones : 

 Hensh. Coll.). 



N. Dakota, May 3. 



Washoe Lake, Nevada, May 

 (H. W. H.). 



Fort Larned, Kansas, June 



2 (E. Coues). 

 Fort Garland, Colorado, 



June 2 (H. W. H.). 

 Colorado Springs, Colorado, 



May 2 (H. W. R.). 

 Corpus Christi, Texas, Feb., 



March, Nov. {F. B. Arm- 

 strong). 

 Brownsville, May (F. B. 



Armstrong). 

 Aransas Bay, May, June 



(F. B. Armstrong). 

 San Patricio, Dec. {F. B. 



Armstrong). 

 Avocet Camp, Utah (C. S. 



McCarty). 



Sir G. Back [P.]. 

 Sir John Richardson 



. E p J- 



N.A. Bound. Conmi. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



E. S. Cameron, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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