4. tJRIA. 



585 



^'5aS££t£f ^- ^^"^- ^''^^-^-' -• ^-^^- «Pee. 5, p. 19 (1867) 

 ''Tolti'tlll^'^^''^ ""''■ ^^- ^«-^«'^' P- 496 (1870), AU. 



^ti^l^imi ""^'''' ^"^""■"' ^^^«-^-^^^- ^^^^-*. /«/t««^. V. 



.n^S'r X'^'^-^S-Pl^^^age. Very similar to f/. ^ry??,, but distin- 



bae tLlf. l"°^/^\^-'''"*'' wing-covert« whife^ diost to the 

 base, the basal portion being grev nevpr hl-,r.l- • f>,„ ^,-; .V 



basal half of the inner webs of th^nnyn' ^^^f^ \^^^ ^^'^^ on the 

 „ . ,, ^ luiier weos ot tne quiils extends more than half- 

 waj- to tbe extremity : the bill is also distinctly shorter and more 

 slender than m U.grylU^ and the diflerence, thongh difficult to ex- 



lail composed of 12 feathers. Ins dark brown ; bill black • inside of 

 mouth legs, and feet vermilion-red ; claws black Total en'Xbout 

 12 inches, culmen from feathers on forehead to tip Mo 1-5 from 

 'oSs w n' \\-\^bFT'''' ^'^"^ «f ^°t^ mand'ibles at bas'eO-35 

 claw i-ITr '■^' '*'-'■'' ^^'^"^^ ^-'-l--^' "^i^'^l^^ t°« -d 

 Adult in non-hreecUng plumage. Diifers from U. grylle in harin- 

 the general colour of the upper parts much whiter, only the crlwn 

 and middle of the back showing the black bases o the Teathers 

 the wings are similar to those of the adult in summer plumai' 

 Our series is not sufficient to show whether the older exaSpks of 



Immature. Eesembles the adult in winter plumage but the 

 median wmg-coverts are tipped with dark brown " ' 



'^dxtisStk^^^^'^^^^-^ Won Sound, Alaska; Eak Sit!: 



'""ad.tL" '* "'' ^"^'-^'th America. Purchased. 



f lmm% S"""*^ America. Hudson Bay Co. [P.! 



/. ¥ ad. sk. Fort George Brit. Colum- Salvin-Godman boll. 



, o A ^ bia,Julylo(C.Z)mr/er). 



.'/. Vad.sk. Ice Bay, Alaska {Dr. Voyage of H.MS 



; 7 , J . Hobertson). ''Enteniri^t- ' 



h~L6 ad. et .mm. St. Michael's, Alaska. Feb., Sal4 cXL Coll 



m. Imm. sk. Whaletish Island. 



The Admiralty [P.]. 



