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found it common on tlie west coast. Thougli included 

 among the Birds of the United States, but few are seen to 

 the west of Newfoundland. 



It is rather a rare bird on our eastern coast, but has been 

 obtained at the Farn Islands, and on the coast of Norfolk. 

 It is rare also on the shores of Holland and France. It has 

 been taken at Genoa, in the Adriatic, and in the Mediter- 

 ranean. Dr. Heineken included it among the Birds of Ma- 

 deira. M. Temminck mentions having received one from 

 the Bosphorus ; and Mr. Hugh Strickland also obtained this 

 species at Smyrna. 



The appearance of the young chick has been already 

 noticed. M. Temminck, in the 4th part of his Manual, 

 says, The young birds of the year have all the under parts of 

 a deep ash colour. 



In the adult bird the bill is blackish-brown, but lighter 

 brown at the base ; irides hazel ; head, back of the neck, 

 back, wings, and tail, uniform brownish-black ; chin, and 

 neck in front white ; sides of the neck varied with dark grey 

 and white in transverse bars ; breast, belly, and under tail- 

 coverts white ; behind the thighs a patch of brownish-black ; 

 legs, toes, and their membranes brown. 



The whole length of the bird fourteen inches ; from the 

 anterior bend of the wing to the end of the longest quill- 

 feather nine inches and a half. 



