!llll| 



I.AIUD.K — THK r.VlLH AND TKIINS XKMA. 



273 



nut with this .spiuiios iit St. MiclKU'l's, wIumo a i'vw iiidividiuils madf tlit'ir appcurauco 

 alM)iit till! Hult-iiiaislics on tin* 7tli of May, aiul a IVw pairs l)iril tlierc. Tlicy were 

 (ittt'ii IVcdiiig alH)iit tilt' 11111(1 of tilt' lakt's, l)iit Im ditl not st'o any of tlifiii uii tlit- sea- 

 sliiHt'. Tlu'ir fiM)il oonsistt'd of worms antl iiist'itts. Tlu'y wt-n* vt'ry litdil, dashiii}^ 

 like tlif Kittiwakt's at tlit> ht'ad of any intnuliT upon tlit'ir domain ; at other timcH 

 (licy wi'io ratluT shy anil wary. 



K<,'Hs of this siM'cii'.s, prtifiirt'tl on this Airtit; coast by Mr. Mai^Farlano, cxhiliit the 

 liillowinj,' nu'asiuvmt'nts : 1.75 by l.liO inclifs; 1.70 by l.'J't; ami 1.7(5 by l.L'O. They 

 an- of nearly uniform aiijK'aranet', size, and shape. Their ;j;round-etdor is a deej) 

 i)livt'-briiwii, varying to fjreenish in stnne, to a deeper tjlive in titliers, and spotted 

 with markings of a duep supia, with no ubsuuru cloudings uf slate or lilac. 



Zema furcata. 



THE SWALLOW-TAILED OULL. 



MouftteiiqufHcfmirehne, Niuuirx, Itiv. Zool. 18»i>, 'iUO. 



Ldiit.'i fumitii.i, Nkikhx, Voy. " Vtimii)," Atlas, pi. x. (184(1). — I'ukvoht & Dks Murs, Voy. 



" Vt:'iiiis," V. Ois. IH.-ir., 277. 

 Liriis (Xeinti) furnUus, Hiifcii, .1. f. 0. IS.'iS, 103. 

 XiiiMfurmluin,i\wY.<, Key, 1872, 317; Chcik 1-ist, 1873, no. :M ; IlinU N. W. 187-1, 661.— 



SAi'sm-.its, 1". 7.. .S. 1878, 210 ; 18.S2, .023, pi. 34 (u.lult ami youii},' ; IViu). 

 Xnna/urciilii, Cori:s, 2tl riici'k List, 1.H82, no. 7U1. 

 Ciaiijnis furailii.i, UonaI'. N'anniaiinia, l.S.')4, 213. — l,.v\vn. in JlaiiirM I!. N. Am. 1858, 857. — 



HamU), Cat. X. Am. II. 18511, no. (i7l). — .Sai.vix, Trans. Zool. .Sor. IX. 1870, 5U(J ((iulaimgou). 

 I{iU(;w. Noin. N. Am. 15. 1881, no. 078. 



IIab. Const of Culifi)rniii f ; ( lalaiiiijjos ; I'uracas lliiy, Peru (.SAUNOKits). 



.^1'. (Jhau. AdiiU (^uiiniu'r iiluiiuiiji: f) : Ahovo, ciiicruuiis ; ciitiri! Iiciul, witii uiitiTior liulf of 

 tlic neck, siHity Mack ; fri)iitul l>ar, exterior iiiiu'}{iti of the Hcapuliirs, iiiidur wiiij,'-coverts, tail, and 

 cnliri' lower purls, white ; first to fourth (|iiills, with tlie wliole of tlit! outer ami tlie teriniiial 

 poi'tioii of the inner webs, black, the tliird uud fourth gray ut the base ; tilth and uixth gray 



(V 





i'!i 



n 



X. furcata, summrr adult. 



exi.iiorly. Mack terminally ; fourth, fifth, ami sixth with a white apical bar. Hill ami feet ie«i. 

 Tntal length, 2:).«M) inclies; win;;, KUKt; luiildle rectrices, l./O ; exterior rectrices, 8.00 ; tarsus, 

 !!"•; niiiltlle toe, with claw, 2.(10. < 



' Tnuisliition of .Saiviu's Latin diii^'nosis in Trans. Zool. .Soc. I.oml. I.\. 1876, p. 506. 

 vor.. II. — .3') 



