50. (EDEMIA. 415 



one of a triangular shape on the nape : " upper mandible above at 

 base, including nostrils, dull crimson, this changed to flame-scarlet 

 over the front of the mandible, nail cadmium-j'ellow, narrowly 

 edged anteriorly with lighter yellow, and sometimes posteriorly with 

 light lavender, sides with large squarish patch of black at base, this 

 separated from the black feathering above it by orange and from the 

 feathering behind by a narrower edging of crimson ; beneath this 

 black patch and in front of it as far as anterior edge of nostril, or 

 thereabouts, continuously white, the remainder of the side (anteriorly 

 to the white portion) pure orange ; lower mandible-nail like its 

 fellow above ; back of this for a short distance reddish flesh-colour, 

 terminating irregularly in white, the white continued to the base, 

 with more or less black on the naked skin between the rami : feet : 

 outer sides of tarsus and toes, excepting inner toe, crimson : the 

 inner side, with both sides of inner toe, orange-chrome, deepening 

 in part to orange-vermilion ; joints and other portions blotchily 

 marked with black; webs solidly black" (TrimthuU). Total length 

 about 21 inches, wing 9-5, tail 3-5, culmen 1-55, tarsus 1-5. 



Occasionally in some specimens, apparently fully adult, the white 

 patch on the crown is entirely absent. 



Female. Plumage dull brown, lightest about the cheeks ; the 

 feathers of the back sometimes show paler tips ; lower parts greyish 

 brown, becoming nearly white on the abdomen, the feathers of the 

 breast and sides tipped with the same ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 uniform dusky : bill greenish black ; iris yellowish white ; " feet 

 yellowish orange, webs greyish dusky " (Auduhon). 



Young. Similar to the adult female, but head with two quite 

 distinct whitish patches, one against the lateral base of the bill, the 

 other over the auriculars, behind and below the eye ; plumage 

 above more uniform than in the adult female. 



Toung in first plumage closely resemble adult female, but have 

 traces of the white on the nape. 



Young in down appears to be undcscribed. 



Hah. Northern North America, in winter south to Jamaica, the 

 Carolinas, Ohio liiver, and Lower California ; the Asiatic coast of 

 Bering Straits : accidental in Northern Europe, east as far as 

 Swedish Lapland. 



a. S ad. St. N. America. Old Coll. 



b, c, d. (S ad. st. X. America. Hudson's Bay Co. [P.]. 

 et sk. 



e. $ juv. sk. Kotzebue Sound. Capt.Kellett and Lieut. 



Wood [P.]. 



f-k. (S 2 ad. et St. Michael's, Alaska, June, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



juv.sk. Aug., Sept. (i'.ir.Ae/sow). 



/. 2 juv. sk. Pt. Constantiue, Alaska, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sept. 



m. 6 ad. sk. Bear Lake. B. R. Eoss, Esq. [P.]. 



n. cj ad. sk. Fort Simpson. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



0. 2 ad. sk. Big Island. B. \\. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



p. S ad. sk. Repulse Bay. Dr. Rae. 



q. (S ad. sk. Godbout, Canada {N. A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Comeau). 



