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crimson ; lejjs nnd feet (in life) purplish red. Wing, 9.80-10.25 ; culmen, 2.85-3.50 ; 

 tarsus, 2.00-2.20 ; middle toe, 1.20-1.40. Hnb. Piilrcarctic rei,'ion, New Zealand, etc. 



2. H. palllatuB. Rump brownish slate, like back and win<.;s ; iris brij,dit yellow ; legs and 



feet dull fleshy white or pale dull Hesh-color. Yimwj : Top ami sides of head speckled 

 with pale brown; feathers of upper parts broadly margined with dull buff; bill brownish; 

 iris brown. Dnwntj youwj : Above, Iij,'lit brownisli \i\\\\, faintly mottled with dusky, and 

 marked with two irregular black stripes down the back and one along each side ; a 

 post-ocular black streak ; lower jiarts, except foreneck, white. Wing, 9.7.5-11.00 ; cul- 

 men, 3.(K)-3.70 ; tarsus, 2.05-2.55; middle toe, 1.20-1.55. Hah. Coasts of America in 

 general, e.\cept Pacific coast north of Lower California. 

 B« I'ltimiKje entirehi hldclish, 



3. H. niger. Entire plumage brownish black, more plumbeous on the head and neck. 



((. Wing, 9.60-10.75; culmen, 2.50-2.95; greatest depth of bill, forward of nostril, .45-.52; 



tarsus, 1.85-2.25; middle toe, 1.30-1. 65. Hub. Pacific coast of North America. Var. 



n if/er. 

 h. AVing, 10.25-10.80; culmen, 2.90-3.(H> ; tarsus, 2.20; middle toe, 1.70-1.75; greatest 



depth of bill anterior to nostril, .60. Hah. Pacific coast of South America. Var. ater} 



In this species, or race, according to authors, the iris is yellow, eyelids red or orange-red, bill 

 orange-red, and feet flesh-color, or grayish. 



H. palliatus. 



The Hrrmalnpns lencopus (Gamot), recognized by Sclater and Salvin {Xomenclator Neotropi- 

 caliiim, p. 143), is a South American species, with which we are unacquainted. Its habitat is 

 Tierra del Fuego. In the adult of this species the bill is red or orange-red, the iris bright yellow 

 <ir orange, the eyelids yellow or red, the legs and feet flesh-colored or grayish. In the young, the 

 bill is browiush, the iris brown, the legs and feet grayish. (Cf. Sci.. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, 437, 

 438 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, 15.) 



^ H^MATOPUS KIGERATER. 



Hmmatopus ater, Vieill. Gal. Ois. II. 1825, 88, pi. ccxx. — Cassis, in Bnird's R. N. Am. 1858, 



700. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 514. — Scl. & Sai-v. P. Z. S. 1878, 438 Sharpe, 



P. Z. S. 1881, 15. 



Hrcmatopit^ nigcr, Cuv. R^g. An. I. 1829, 504 (not of Palla.s, 1831). 



Hmmatopus Townacndii, AuD. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 247, pi. 427 ; Synop. 1839, 229 ; B. Am. V. 

 1842, 246, pl. 326. 



