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231 Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmelin). 

 Dowitcher, Brownback. 



Adults in spring. Length, 10-11. Wings, 5.25-5.75. Upper parts, dusky, 

 blacker on the back, edged and barred or streaked with rusty or buff, rump and 

 tail barred black and white; under parts, including sides of head and neck, 

 cinnamon rufous, spotted or barred (on sides) with black; center of abdomen, 

 white. 



In autumn. Throat, middle of abdomen and line from bill through the eye, 

 white ; rest of plumage, ashy-gray, except the rump and tail, which are barred 

 black and white. 



Young in first autumn. Upper parts varied with dusky and edged with 

 brown ; chest tinged with brown and indistinctly speckled with dusky. 



Regular transient, not uncommon on the coast; May 6th to 20th 

 and July 20th to October 1st. 



Mr. W. E. D. Scott 1 found them as early as July 6th at Long Beach, 

 and Dr. W. L. Abbott got one in Cape May county July 18th, 1878, 

 while others, apparently on the northward migration, were taken 

 as late as June 10th, 1879, and May 22d, 1882. 2 



232 Macrorhamphus scolopaceus (Say), 

 Long-billed Dowitcher. 



Very similar to the Dowitcher of which it is the western representative. Dis- 

 tinguished by its longer bill, which averages 2.70 instead of 2.30 ; its generally 

 larger size, length, 11-12.50 against 10-11, and the deeper coloration of the 

 lower parts in spring and summer. 



While I do not know of any actual New Jersey specimen of this 

 species, it undoubtedly occurs as a rare visitant with the other Dow- 

 itcher. Krider mentions it, and it has been secured on Long Island. 



1 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1879. 



2 Colin. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. 



