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TOTIPALMATE SWIMMEUS — STEOANOPUDES. 



brown, this color sometiiuL's overlyiiij,' tliu whnle lower surface, tlie white IteiiiK mostly conceultil. 

 " Bill light gnlyi^^h bniwii ; the liaiv sjmce aroiiiul tlie eye jiale >,'rayisli Miie ; irin f,'reeii ; feet (lii.'<k\ . 

 the narrow bamls of sciitidiiu jiale },'rayisli blue; ilaw« j^rayish white'' (AuDtUuN). Aatlinij : 

 Entirely covered with very ilulfy yellowi.iii while tlown. 



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S, UiiMna, 



Total lengtli, :J7.<m»-:J!(.(H) inches; extent, (l8..')(»-74.<)() ; win;,', alMuit lO.riO ; tail, l().(tO ; ciil- 

 nieii, 4.(»<» ; tarsus, ±i:t. 



Ailull speciiiieiis ill ih(! coUeftion of the Xatiimal Museiiin vary creatly in the extent of the stiiji 

 of bare skill on the Ihi-nat. In a niale, ii<it ijiiite ailull, finiu ilie Siiaits of (iibraltai-, it ivaclii^ 

 almost to the jiij,'uluin ; but in others it does nut extend Is vond the lliroat. !'< rfe. tly adult iiidi 



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vidualH Imvu the tail entirely white, only the n'lnip's ImIii^ dusky. In loiw tnalnru exaiiiph s 

 the tail, UM well as tin- laryi-r wiii;.'-iiiverls, are dus^y. Still nii.v iniinatiire s|ieeiiiiens have tlir 

 iNU-k niid Hcnpulars niixed with dii»ky fealherH, A y<iunu biid fi-Din Kiii'ii)n- is very much durki i- 

 colored than an Anieriian sperinn'ii, the lnwer surface bein^' nearly unilnriu briiw.jsh gray, only 

 the roncwiletl |iiirli<>n <if the featlieis while ; llie while markings are almost ciitindy waiitin|{ <'ii 

 the Ixick and sca|iulars, and very niiniite ebewhere. 



