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bia, and Eastward to Nova Scotia ; Far Countries. Accumu- 

 lates in the Southern Districts in winter. 



" Adult male. 



"Bill shorter than the head, deeper than broad at the base, 

 depressed toward the end, slightly narrowed toward the middle 

 of the unguis, the frontal angles prolonged and pointed. Upper 

 mandible with the dorsal line al first sloping, then concave, ' 

 along the unguis convex, the ridge broad and flat at the base, 

 convex and sloping toward the end, edges soft with about 

 twenty -two lamellae, unguis broadly elliptical, curved, rounded. 

 Nostrils sub-basal, lateral, rather small, oval, pervious. Lower 

 mandible flattish, with the angle very long and rather narrow, 

 the dorsal line very short, convex, the sides convex, the edges 

 soft and rounded, lamellate above. 



" Head of moderate size. Neck rather long and slender. Body 

 full and depressed. Wings rather small. Feet very short, strong, 

 placed rather far back ; tarsus very short, considerably depress- 

 ed, at its lower part anteriorly with two series of scutella, the 

 rest covered with reticulated angular scales. Toes scutellate 

 above ; first very small, free, with a narrow membrane beneath ; 

 third longest, fourth a little shorter ; claws small, curved, com- 

 pressed, acute ; the hind one smaller and more curved, that of 

 the third toe with an inner sharp edge. 



" Plumage dense, soft, blended, generally glossed. Feathers 

 of the middle of the head and upper part of the hind neck very 

 narrow, elongated, and uncurved ; of the rest of the head and 

 upper part of the neck very short ; of the back and lower parts 

 in general broad and rounded, excepting on the shoulders before 

 the wings, where they are enlarged, very broad and abrupt. 

 Winofs of moderate length, narrow, acute ; primaries curved, 

 strong, tapering, first and second longest ; secondaries broad and 

 rounded. Tail of moderate length, rather broad, much rounded, 

 of sixteen rounded feathers. 



" Upper mandible bright red at the base, yellowish at the 

 sides ; the intermediate space along the ridge and the unguis 

 black, as in the lower mandible and its membrane. Iris and 



