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lewis' AMERICAN SPORTSMAN, 



white; iris of the eye dark; back, wings, and part of the scapu- 

 lars black ; rest of the scapulars, lateral band along the wing, 

 and whole breast, snowy white ; belly, vent, and tail-coverts 

 dusky white ; tail pointed, and of a hoary color. 



" The female is considerably less than the male, and entirely 

 destitute of the tumid plumage of the head; the head, neck, and 

 upper parts of the body and wings are sooty black, darkest on 

 the crown ; sides of the head marked with a small, oblong spot 

 of white ; bill dusky ; lower part of the neck ash, tipped with 

 white; belly dull white; vent cinereous ; outer edges of six of 

 the secondaries and their incumbent coverts white, except the 

 tips of the latter, which are black ; legs and feet a livid blue ; 

 tail hoary brown." 



