4. HEEODIAS. 



yellow (the latter sometimes tinged with green), the culmen usuall)- 

 black near the tip, sometimes nearly the entire maxilla black ; legs 

 and feet entirely deep black; iris naples yellow" {R. Ridgway). 

 Total length 38 inches, cnlmen 4*4, wing 15-7, tail 6*3, tarsus 5*S. 

 Dorsal train extending 9 inches beyond the tip of the tail. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, and having the greatly deve- 

 loped train of ornamental plumes, but the measurements somewhat 

 smaller. Total length 30 inches, culmen 4-2, wing 14-7, tail 5"4. 

 tarsus 5-(). Dorsal train extending 7 inches beyond the tip of the 

 tail. 



Adult ill ivinter plumaijc. White as in summer, but without the 

 ornamental plumes on the back. 



Younfi. Perfectly white like the adult, but the feathers are of 

 a more downy texture ; the bill entirely yellow except at the end, 

 where it is a little blackish. 



Hah. America, from the temperate portions of North America 

 southward, throughout the whole of Central and South America, 

 with the West Indian islands, to Chili and Patagonia. 



n. ^stiv. sk. [t. 5-8]. 

 b. Juv. sk. [t. 5-7]. 



e. 2 juv. sk. [t. .'5-4]. 



d. S JUV. sJ£ L* ^•4]. 



e. (S sestiv. ; f,g. $ 

 sestiv. sk. [t. 6-0- 



5-4]. 

 /(. c? asstiv.sk. [t.6-0]. 



i, k. S sestiv. [t. 5'8- 

 6'2] ; I, m, n. 2 

 aBstiv.sk.[t.5-l-5-6]. 



o~r. cJ sestiv. [t. 5'5- 

 6-0] ; s,t. 2 aistiv. 

 sk. [t. 5-0-5-6]. 



u, ('. cJiuv. etjcnestiv. 

 sk. [t. 6-0-5-9]. 



IV, .i: cJ 2 juv. sk. 

 [t. 5-0-5-5J. 



y. J uv. sk. [t. 5-0]. 



s. 2 aestiv. sk. [t. 



5-7]. 

 n'. cJ ajstiv. sk. [t. 



G-4]. 

 //.2ffistiv.sk. [t. 5-3]. 

 (■'. J aestiv. sk. [t. 



r,-3]. 



r/'.d'a>3tiv.sk. [t.6-7]. 



North America. 



Mount Carmel, Illinois, July 



27 (-Z?. W. Nelson : Hensh. 

 Coll.). 



Mount Citv, Illinois, Aug. 



28 (R Jr. Nelson : Hensh. 

 Coll.). 



Camp Bidwell, California, 



July 26 (jy. W.He7iskaic). 

 Ocklawaha Eiver, Florida, 



April 20 ( C.H.Merriam : 



Hensh. Coll.). 

 Tarpon Springs, Florida, 



Jan. lr>{W^E. D.Scott). 

 Tai-pon Springs, Feb. ( TV. 



E. D. Scott). 



Tarpon Springs, March { W. 

 E. D. Scott). 



Tarpon Springs, April, May 

 ( W. E. D. Scott). 



Tarpon Springs, June, July 

 {W. E. D. Scott). 



San Antonio, Texas {H. E. 

 Dresser). 



Erownsville, Texas, April 

 12 (F. B. Armstrong). 



Brownsville, April 12 {F. 

 B. Armstromj). 



Brownsville. 



Brownsville, May 3 {F. B. 

 Armstromj). 



Brownsville \F. B. Arm- 

 strong). 



J. J. Audubon, Esq. 



[P.l. 

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Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll . 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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