600 



THE DIV1N(} IIIUIW— I'YCiOl'ODES. 



Lining of tlio vi'w^ (lct>]> Hinoky K'ray. I'ill iinifni'm IHack, tlu; cxtrciiii' tip ii litllc ]iuli'r ; iris ilitrk 

 Imiwii ; lt'j,'t< iiiiii fi'ft jialc ccpIdiciI in tlit! liiicil siiiii (llc'^li-rdlcir in lii'c '), tlic wi'Im uimI cIuwh ihisky. 

 Miihumiwr jiliimaiji;: Siiniiui' to llii- aliovi-, hut more uiiil'ornily dusky, tlu; ninly ImrH of tlio riiin|t, 

 etc., wiiiiliiig, owiiij^ to iibiusiou of llic tips of tliu fi'atla'in. trinUr pluiiuKjc (=11 U'mnijdi, 



Summer plumage, 



Buandt) : Abovp, dusky, interruptccl liy n narrow white band niToss ilio upper pnrt of tlie nape ; 

 intersciipuliirs, fouthei-a of tlio rump, and upjitT tail-coverts tipped with jdumbeous ; scapulars 

 cbielly white, es|)ecially the inner ones, forniinj; a conspicuous loni^ituilinal patch on each side of 

 tbe back. Entire lower parts, including' the lower hidf of the lores and the whole side of the head, 

 except the orbital rej^ion, pure while, the exterior feathers of the sides and flanks striped with 



Winter phimage. 



plumbeous or dusky grayish. Lining of the wing smoky gray, as in the summer plumage. Young, 

 first pluimye : Above, uniform blackish (without plumbeous tips to any of tiie feathers), the 

 occipittd band of the winter plunuige slightly indicated or interrupted ; scapular patch less distinct 

 than in the winter plumage. Lores almost wholly dusky. Lower parts white nearly everywhere, 

 but more especially on the jugulum, breast, and sides, transversely mottled with fuliginous-dusky. 

 Pil' mv.'-b -Tualler and weaker than in the adult. 



Total length, about 9.50 to 10.00 inches ; extent, 18.00 ; wing, 5.00 ; culmen, .60-.70 ; tarsus, 

 .70 ; middle toe, without claw, .!)0-l.(K). 



This also is an oceanic and a I'acific species, occurring from the coast of California 

 northward. To what extent this bird is to be found on the opposite coasts of Asia, 



1 .According to Audulwn (1. c.) the feet are yellow. 



