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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 144 



Table 15. — continued 



Total Wing Wing Wing 

 weight area weight spread 

 gm. cm.^ pm. cm. 



Colombins rameurs 



Columba palumbus 495 797 70.0 75.1 



aenas 306 532 44.3 75.3 



Turtur turtur 178 376 24.5 52.9 



Gallinaces rameurs 



Tetrao urogallus $ 3,361 1,412 339 131.8 



" $ 1,890 1,219 206 91.5 



Lyrurus tetrix $ 1,030 968 105 83.8 



"2 940 846 96.9 76.4 



Tetrao medius 1,193 978 130 87.0 



Lagopus mutus 462.5 486 42.0 60.3 



" lagopus 620 626 57.3 68.2 



scoticus 624 593 56.0 70.9 



Tetrastes honasia 278 386 21.5 52.9 



Caccabis ruja 490 519 42.7 54.4 



Caccabis saxatilis 606.5 473 48.2 55.0 



Perdix perdix 387 433 30.4 52.5 



Coturnix coturnix 83.2 171 7.60 35.8 



Colinus pectoralis 131.5 196 9.89 33.1 



Rhynchotus rujescens 821.7 657 61.6 67.4 



Palmipedes nageurs rameurs 



Cygnus cygnus 5,925 3,377 978 230 



Anser jahalis 3,110 2,675 425 162 



" anser 3,065 2,697 491 163 



" albifrons 1,715 1,835 294 141 



Branta bernicla 1,273 1,388 165 119 



" Iciicopsis 1,150 1,150 150 108 



Anas platvrhynchus 1,105 928 117 90.0 



Spatula chpeata 633 614 66.0 79.8 



Dafila acilta 955 840 98.0 91.6 



Mareca penelope 830 664 83.6 85.5 



Querquedula crecca 293 349 31.0 57.8 



querquedula 327 399 36.2 65.4 



Clangula clangula 622 516 57.0 70.0 



Nyroca nyroca 512 512 50.0 68.0 



jidigula 741 474 55.9 70.6 



jerina 842 615 80.0 77.4 



marila 675 621 98.6 81.6 



Oidemia nigra 870 679 88.0 85.0 



fusca 1,578 1,010 160 96.7 



Palmipedes plongeurs rameurs 



Mergus serrator 818 589 77.7 88.6 



merganser 1,470 853 167 95.5 



albellus 495 431 41.0 62.5 



Colymbus cristatus 790 561 72.0 78.6 



griseigena 480 542 43.2 72.0 



ruficollis 180 236 10.9 44.0 



Gavia septentrionalis 957 890 102 104 



" arctica 1,495 1,196 168 120 



Alca tor da 780 382 48.0 68.1 



Uria troille 1,010 424 61.9 70.2 



Fratercula arctica 272 345 23.7 56.4 



Alle alle 91.2 167 7.75 38.7 



Wing Pectoral muscles 

 length weight, gm. 



cm. Large Small 



