Vol. XVIII 

 1901 



1 K-L-L-E.^,Rece)itly Described North American Birds. I^^ 



Texas, April 27, 1878. — Similar to the male, but whiter below and slightly 

 smaller. Wing, 3. 78 ; tarsus, i.io ; middle toe, 1.62 ; culmen, .68 ; depth of 

 bill at nostril, .25 in. 



" This, the northern continental form of Colytnbiis dominicus, is 

 to be distinguished from dominkiis by its whiter underparts, smaller 

 bill, and shorter wing; while from C. d. brachyrhynchus it may be 

 known by its larger bill, shorter wing, and whiter underparts." 



Arenaria morinella {Linn.). 



Ruddy Turnstone. 



Tringa morinella Linn. Sjst. Nat. ed. 12, 1766, 249. Based on the 



" Turn-stone, or Sea-Dottrel " of Catesbj- 

 Arenaria morinella W. Palmer, Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the 

 North Pacific Ocean, Pt. Ill, 1899, 412-418. 

 '■'Adult $ , breeding plumage. — Similar in pattern to A. interpres, but 

 smaller and general color above chestnut with sides of interscapulars 

 black; scapulars for the most part chestnut, the outer feathers broadly 

 tipped with black and slightly with white, longer feathers blackish olive 

 irregularly tipped with chestnut ; body, head, and neck as in interpres, 

 but the black of the breast less extensive and narrower, white areas on 

 head more extensive, and the black streaking on top of head with whiter 

 edgings ; wings with more extensive white areas ; tertials various shades 

 of clove brown, rarely blackish, broadly blotched, margined and tipped 

 with chestnut with white tips; lesser wing coverts pale dusky olive, with 

 much less black and more white posteriorly than in interpres ; median 

 coverts extensively chestnut with little or no blackish centers ; long cov- 

 erts chestnut with black blotches or narrow bands near the tips of the 

 feathers; tail as in interpres., but usually less broadly banded and [bands] 

 less sharply defined ; legs and feet deep orange-red strongly and broadly 

 crossed at the joints with blackish ;• bill black. 



'■'•Adult 5, breeding plumage. — Similar to the male in pattern, but 

 larger and more subdued in color, grayer with white of head and neck 

 obscured withdvisky; chestnut of mantle obscured with dark streaking; 

 chestnut all over much less rich than in males ; pileum less strongly black, 

 with wider rufous edgings; median wing coverts, mixed grayish and pale 

 chestnut with dark sometimes black center streaks; much grayer and less 

 black than in $ interpres; tail band as in $ but duller; long tertials 

 more plain colored, less positively chestnut-tipped and margined; feet 

 and tarsi as in $ . " 



The immature plumages are fully described, and altogether six quarto 

 pages are given to the description and discussion of the species. 



