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LOXG-WIXGED SWIXIMLHS — LONGIPENNES. 



rrimiirio.s pale iiearl-lilue, like the iimntte, but the live outer priniiiries marked with ileep uA\- 

 },'niy, US foUows : the t'.rst tjuill ha.-* the outer web ash-j;ray to within thive iiichoti of the tip, nieas- 

 ureil aloiijT the shaft, n'l 1 an inch farther along the eil>;e ; the inner web ha.^ a paler asii-gray stripe 

 about .:i5 of an ineli wiile next the shaft, ami extemlinj; to within iTo inciies of the tip ; the 

 remainder, also the terminal portion of the outer web, lieing pure white. The seeond (|uill lia,- 

 no ash-gray on the inner web, which is very pale pearl-blue basally, and changing very graduallv 

 into pure white towaiil the euil ; the outer web is pure white for the space of i.HO inches from tlu> 



TMrna Kumlicni. 



♦ip (measured along the shaft), whence begins an elongated space of ash-gnty, occupying the full 

 width of the web for about \.-l't inches, then gradually narrowing towanl the edge, and linally 

 disapjiearing at a jioint a little nuire than six iiu'hes from the tip of the tiuill. The third ([uill lias 

 an abrujitly defined white tip about half an inch in extent, this being imniediately preceded by an 

 ash-gray bar, more than half an inch wide, entirely across the inner web, and continent with the 

 space of the same color on the outer web, which extends towanl the base of the feather for tlie 

 distance of live iiudies from the tip, tiiough occupying the full width of the web for t)idy about two 

 inches. T\\c fmuili quill is similarly marked, except that the ash-gray is fainter and less exteiideil, 

 especially on the outer web, where it follows the shaft for only the width of the bar on the inner 

 web, while along the inlge it reaches to a distnnco of less than 2.50 inches from the tip ; anterior to 

 these gray spaces both webs are pure white for aiwut 1.25 inches, when this C(dor gradually changes 

 to the prevailing pale pearl-blue. The Jifth quill has the terminal two inches white, but this 

 slightly relieved by a nearl ■ obsolete small spot of light gray <ni each web, about .(iO of aii inch 

 from the tip. The renudn.ng primaries are uniform pale jwarl-blue, with broad white tips, the 

 two colors passing grai'ually togetiier. " Iris cream-color ; bill yellow, with vermilion spot on 

 lower mandible ; orbital ring redu.sh purple; legs and feet llesli-color " (Ivi;.MiaKN, MS.). Total 

 length (before skinning), 24.1X) iiches ; wing, l(i.(X); tail, O.tiO ; culmen, 1.90; depth of bill at 

 base, .70, through angle, .(i5 ; tarsus, 2.40 ; middle toe, 1.95. 



Adult 9, in »ummi'r (N'o. 7(i229, U. S. Nat. Mus., .Vnnanactook Harbor, head of rundn'rhnul 

 Ciulf, June 20, 1S24 ; L. Kimi.ikn) : Similar to the adult $ , us described above, but oidy fmir outer 

 primaries nuirked with ash-gray, aiul the pattern of these markings somewhat dilFeii'nt, as follows : 

 Oil the outer web of ihcjirst quill the gray color is darker, inclining to slate-color ; on the sceoud quill 

 the spot near the end of the inner web is larger aiul more rounded ; the third quill has the subterni- 

 inal gray band tpiite interrupted, the portion imlicated being, ii; fact, very faint aiul badly delined ; 

 and t\w fourth quill on one si<le is immaculate, while on the other there' is a just perceptible indication 

 of a spot near the ti]> of the inner web, while on tlu^ outer the gniy space is much broken by a while 

 freckling posteriorly. " Iris cream-color ; bill bright orange-yellow, tipped with yellowish green, 

 and with vermilion spot on lower mandible ; ring round eye purplish llesh-color ; tarsi aud toes 



