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KOKTIl AMEi;i('AX lilKDS, 



and sliglitly oiirvcl; imuT Um- and t-law Nm-or than ti... outer; OMtstivtfhci 



toi's liilliiijr slioi-t of til.; lip „rtail ; liin.l toe au.l claw shoi-l,.,- than tarsus Ai,f/,.,.s. 



I'oiiit of winjvs foriiiud liy Iniir mil.'r primaries, tlio lirst loiifjest, or as lonir 

 as othors. Lo-s stout, the oi i> '.•IkmI toos rcaehjii,!,' almost to tip of laiK 

 Iliiid toe and claw lon-er tliau tarsus, tliu claw very Ion- but equal to the 



toe iiroper .... ,, 



'■•••••• Aeocori/s. 



h. Wiiii/s sltiirt. lOHiidvd. 

 Point of wings formed by lour outer primaries of nearly ofpial leufrth . Xotm-m-,ix.' 

 Point of wiii-s lormed by live outer primaries, the- lirst shor'ter than 



tliird .... ,, ,. 



/ ('dwci)ri/s.- 



Gen-us ANTHUS, Hecilst. 



-t»t/n,s, Bi:riisr. (;,.,.i..in. Xaturg. l)..utschl. ],S(.2. (Typ,., Al„n,ia spmokm.) 



Ci.AR. Bill .slender, much attenuated, and .listinefly nofhed. A W^yy short bristles at 



__. the base, t'ulmeu concave at the base. Tarsi 

 quite .listinclly sculellate; lonirer than the middle 

 toe : inner lateral toe the longer. Hind to<' rather 

 shorter than the tarsus, but longer than the mi.Mle 

 toe, owing to the long, attenuated, and moderately 

 curved hind claw, which is considerably more 

 than half the total length of the toe. Tail rather 

 long, enuirginatc. A\'iiig very long, eonsidei-alily 

 longer than the lengthened tail, reaching to its 

 -—-— middle. The lirst primary nearly eipial to the 

 longest. The tertials almost as long as tlii' prima- 



-y' lonj 

 3 ries, 



i>tit one spui'ie.s of this genu.s beloiios 

 in-opeily to Xoilh Aiiierii:ii, altlioiioli a .sec- 



Anihus liit/orlrintnm. 



011(1 i.s accidental in Greenland and ALiskn. The .liagnoses tu'e as follows : — 



Bill and feet blaeki.sh. Prevailing color above olive-brown, liencath bull'. Ed"o 

 anil inside of wings whin>. Sli.-.fts of nii.ldli' tail-ti.athers abov.. d.uk brown" 



iidlandleet du.sky lle.sh-color. Prevailing color above olive-green: more dis- 

 tinctly streaked. Hciieath greenish-white. Edge and insid,^ of wings green- 

 ish-yellow. .Shafts of miihlle tail-H.athers above whitish . . ^. '' A. /,r,ife„.s,-s. 



Z.wnKi! (Cal)anis .Totmial, Kxtiahert I, IS:.:!, (14) .stales that JufJnis rrr- 

 ritiHs, Pallas, is found in the Aleutian Islands. It is descrihed as haviiig 



The f.'ct yellowish-brown; the tw., longest under tail-coverls with a bla.'kish longitudi- 

 nal spot; the longest tertial almost ,.,p,al lo the longest primary ; the .shaft of the first 

 tail-leather mostly white; no green on the plumage; the throat rust-color. 



1 A„fh,siX..tw,;.r;,s) ,;</„.•,, Rviim, U,.v. Am. liinls, 18.11, lad ,.//„„,/„ ,»,;,, (U, ) //„/, 

 Istlniius (if I'aniiiiin. 



••< AuHn,ur,,/;,..nn,s) l,„„„>,„.,\ li.viiii,, i;,.v. Am. iiirds, l,->(i4, 1.^ ^AMhx ln,„„/ur.,\ SnA- 

 ■VKU). Itith. Ecuador, t'oluillbia, 



