No. 45. 



Macrorhamphus griseus. 



Adult in summer. Upper parts of body plumage (as viewed 

 with wings closed) blackish brown, light cinnamon brown, and 

 yellowish white, the latter tint paling to purer white here and 

 there ; shaft of longest wing-feather, and the lower back, white, 

 the latter becoming mottled towards the tail; the tail itself 



barred with blackish brown, light tan, and white ; top of head 

 and streak along line of eye dark (blackish brown predominat- 

 ing) ; sides of head and neck, and the under parts of plumage, 

 light cinnamon brown, or buff, mottled with black ; this black ap- 

 pearing more in the form of bars along the flanks and beneath 

 the tail, where the feathers are bordered and otherwise marked 



