36. QUEKQUEDULA. 



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primaries, primarj'-coverts, and bastard-wing dark brown; under 

 wing-coverts brown, with a bluish shade, and tipped with white, 

 the inner ones, like the axillaries, white; tail-feathers brown, with 

 narrow pale edges : bill black ; feet yellow ; iris dark brown. Total 

 length about 18 inches, wing 7"9, tail 3-5, culmen 1'9, tarsus 

 1-25. 



Female. Yery similar to that of Q. discors, but somewhat larger, 

 the bill especially ; culmen 1'65-1'85 ; the feathers of the back less 

 blackish, and with the pale greyish-brown edges broader and much 

 more conspicuous ; lower parts deeply tinged with light brown or 

 bufiF-brown. 



Young. Similar to adult female, but markings of lower parts much 

 narrower, streak-like. 



Young in down. " Above dark olivaceous, varied by a spot of deep 

 greenish buff on each side of back (behind wings) and a spot of 

 clearer yellowish on each side of rump, at base of tail ; top of head 

 and hind-neck similar to back, but darker ; forehead, broad super- 

 ciliary stripe, sides of head and neck, and lower parts generally, 

 deep buff-yellow, the sides of the head marked with a distinct 

 narrow stripe of dark brown." {Ridgway.) 



Hah. Western America, from the Columbia River to Chili, Para- 

 guay, Argentine Eepublic, Patagonia and Falkland Islands ; casually 

 in the Missisippi Valley. 



a. tS ad. sk. 



b, c. c? ad. sk. 

 d, e,/. c? ad. s 

 (/. cj ad. sk. 



//, ?. cJ ad. sk. 

 k-n. cJ ad. sk. 



o,p. 2 ad. et c? 



imm. sk. 

 q. (S ad. sk. 



r. S ad. St. 

 s. (^ ad. sk. 

 t-z. d 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 a', b'. c? ad. sk. 



c'-^'. cj 2 ad. et 



cJ juv. sk. 

 /'. d ad. sk. 

 m', n'. (S 2 ad. sk. 



o', p'. (S 2 ad. sk. 

 g'. c? ad. sk, 

 r'. (S ad. sk. 



VOL. XXVII. 



N. America. 



Carson, Nevada. 



California (I). S. Bryant). 



California, Dec. {H. G. Par- 

 ker). 



San Francisco, California. 



Brownsville, Texas, Jan., 

 :\Iarch, April (F. B. Arm- 

 strong). 



Presidio, Mexico, Feb. {A. 

 Forrer). 



Interior of New Granada 

 (Tri'd)ner). 



Chili. 



Chili. 



Sacaya, Tarapaca, Jan., Feb., 

 March. 



Sitani, Tarapaca, Jan. 



Central Chili. 



Santiago, Chili (Let/hold) . 

 Colchagua, Chili, July. 



Talcahuano, Chili, Sept. 

 Monte Video {Johnston). 

 Buenos Ayres, May. 



Capt. Kellett&Lieut. 



^Vood [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sidvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sah in-Godman Coll. 



Lord Byron [P.]. 



Cuming Coll. 



II. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 11. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 H. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 H. Dm-nford, Esq. 



[P.]. 



