56 NORTH AMERICAN IJIRDS. 



The only otlicr spofics al all alliwl tu tlu^ Hiii,irlo Nortli Anu'ricaii nnc. 

 are tlio (/. an/ftii(in(H of Ci'iitial America, and ('. /Kt/lioii ul' Easlern Asia. 

 Tliey may be easily distingiiislied by the lallowiiig characters- — 



Plumage ln'iioatli scarroly lighter than that above; head and ni'ck brownish, 

 darkest above. Wiuir, 4.00 : tail, 2.15; bill, .5(1; tarsus, 1.20 ; middle toe, .S.". 

 Legs (in life), pinkish white (S,4!)() l-'ort Ma.ss. N. .M.). IIaii. Monntidns of 

 Middle Province I'roni Sitka, south to (ruaternala . . var. )ii e.rirn n n s . 



Plunuige beneath nnieh lighter than that above, — very light along the median 

 line; head not brownish, the contrast in shade between iip|)er and lower sur- 

 tiiccs very marke(l. Wing, .'i. 50: tail, 2.05 ; bill, .15; larsns, 1.30; middle loe, 

 .'JO. Legs yellow. (12, 7S>s J Costa Rica). Had. (luatemala and Costa Riea. 



var. II r d <• s / n r u n . ' 



Plnniage uniform dnsky-brown. middle of belly lilaekish ; harh amJ riimp si/khhi- 

 ittcil iritli liliirk ; wings and tail lilaekisli-brown. Total len<rlh, S.OO; wing, 

 4,00; tail, 2.50; tarsus, 1.25; bill (to rictus), LlO {.'<alvin). IIaii. Lake liaikal 

 to Kamtsehatka ; Amoorland; S. E. .Siberia ; Japan (Sah in) . . var. jialhim'.- 



Cinclus mexicanus, Swains, 



AMERICAN SIFFES; WATEB OUZEL. 



Ciiiehii jiiiUiitii, Hon. '/m\\\. .Tciur. II, lS-27, .'I'i (imt the Asiaiir sjM'iies). i'!iicIhs virxieiiHHK, 

 Sw. IMiil. Mag. 1827, JiCiS. - Si i,ati:i;, Ciital. ISCl, Id, Saivin, Ibis, 18(10, 190 ; 

 l.S(>7, 12(1 (C.Mutcniala). I'.AiiM), h'cvicw, (iO. ~- Dai.I, k T.ann is li.it (.\laskaV - 

 CooiT.i!, lUl■'i.^ Cal. I, 2,"p. /Ii/ilfii/iiil(i nif.n'iviiii, ilAiiin, liiids X. .Vni. ISi'i.S, 221i. — 

 ('c)oi'r.i! k SccKi.r.Y, lii'p. 1'. U. U. XII, ii, is")',!, 17."( (U'sl). Ciin-his niiicriciniii.t, 

 Hicll. F. li. A. II, 18:!1, 27:i. Cinchi.s imuv/tn; lio.v. ; C, iiniiiiiin. Towns. ; ('. tuirn- 

 SI iidi, ".\ri)." Towns. 



Kiguii's : HoNAi'Acii'., Am. Oni. 11, 1S2S, pi. xvi, tig. 1. .\iii. Oni. lii.ig. pi. iiclxx, 

 4:!.'). — 111. liirds Aiinr. II. pi. cx.x.wii. 



Sc. Cm. .Vbove dark pluinbcoiis. bencilb paler; bead ami ii<>ek all round a sliade of 

 clove or perhaps a light sootv-brown ; less eonspicnoiis beneath. .\ coia'calcd spot of 

 vliile above the .'interior corner of the eye .and indications ol' llii' sane somctiines on the 

 lower eyelid. Immature spcc'iinens usually with the feathers benealb edged wilh grayish- 

 while : the greater and middle wing-coverls and Ics.scr ipiills lippcil with the same. The 

 eolors more uniform. Leni;lh, 7.50 : wing, 1. 00; tail, 2,55. 



Yiiinii/. iSiinilar to the adull, but much iiii.M d with whilish medially bcuealh; (his in 

 Ibrm of longiluiliiial suflusions. 



Autumnal ami winti'r speeimciis ha\c nmuc'rous liiuisvcrsi' cicsceuls of whilish on 

 lower parts and wings, — these very especially conspicuous piKtcriorly ; the sccoiidiuii'.s 

 iiri' also conspicuously tcrminaled wilh a while crescenl. Hill brown, paler toward ba.-ic 

 of lower mandililc. In spring and sumnicr the bill eiilirely black, and the whilish 

 liiurkings almost I'Htircly disappear; the young bird has a greater a iinl of while be- 

 neath than the adull in winter dress, and this while is disposed in longiludinal, not trans- 

 ver.se, sidl'usions. The color olihe leg.s np])ears to be ilie same iit all season.s, 



I I'. ,//f/i'.v/ •(!•»<, Sai.vin, Ibis, N. S. Ill, 121, pi. ii. 



- r. ii.illiisi, Tl M.M. .\biii. d'Oin I, ]i. 177. — Sai.vin, Ibjs, HI, 18(i7, 11!'. (S/iirin:n liiirfni. 

 var. I'ai.i.as. Znngr, U. - As. I, 120.) 



