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men) as follows : from tip to extreme back line of lobes, three 

 and one eighth inches ; from tip to point of feathering where 

 lobes meet, or where the leathery extension begins to divide, two 

 and a quarter inches ; width of each lobe five eighths of an inch. 

 Female. Plumage chiefly a speckled and barred mixture of 

 light brown or tan color, and black, the bar-like markings more 

 decided along the sides, and the markings of lower parts indistinct 

 or blurred. Bill similar in general style to that of male, but 

 branching more narrowly upon the forehead ; its measurements 



(taken from a single specimen) as follows : from tip to extreme 

 back line of lobes a little less than three inches ; from tip to 

 central point of feathering where the lobes meet two and a 

 quarter inches ; width of each lobe five sixteenths of an inch. 



Having failed to note colors of bills and legs in perfectly fresh 

 specimens, I will quote Audubon. Male : Bill pale grayish yel- 

 low, the unguis (nail at end) lighter, the soft tumid part pale 

 flesh color ; feet dingy light green, the webs dusky. Female : 

 Bill pale grayish green ; feet as in the male. 



