HEATH HEN. 119g 
YP ANUCHUS COPLIDC: 
Geographical Destribution.—Island of Martha’s Vineyard, 
Massachusetts. Formerly abundant on Long Island, New Jersey, 
Eastern Pennsylvania, and Virginia, but now extinct in all those 
localities. 
Adult Matle.—Closely resembling the previous species, but 
distinguishable by its short pointed neck feathers, the tufts com- 
posed of not more than ten lanceolate feathers (those of 7. amerz- 
canus containing more than this number), and by the large ter- 
minal whitish buff spots on the scapulars. Length of wing, 
about 84 inches; tail, 4. 
Female has the lanceolate neck feathers rudimentary, and is 
slightly smaller than the male. 
