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PK.KCOCI.VI- (JIULLATOKKS— I.I.MICOL.K 



U'iii^' )mii'-l)rnwii ; lowt-r nl^i' of iniiii, Ih'iiihI iiiui'};iiirt ami li|i» In f^iviitcr covi'itx, iiiar^iim to 

 ^'('(.'lllllla^il's lii'oailciiiii^' iiiwanllx, liii>al lialvo o| Hiitci' wi'Ih oI' sixth and ii'iiiaiiiiii}; loiiiiarics, Hist 

 <|iiill-s|iart I'litii'civ, tlii'otlu-r.'* more or liwri, uliiti-. r|>|>ci tail-covi-its : ct'iitial Icallicis li;,'lit Idown 

 iiiai'}{iiii'i| uiih wliitt', tlir sidi- oih-h |iiii'i- wliiti-. Tail : liisl oi' niilcr icitrix wliili', with an oliloni; 

 lon^'iliiiliiial spot of |ialt' lnowii on llit' iniu-i' Wfii ; hccoihI li>;iil ln'ouii, with wiiitc slialt ami li|> ; 

 till' M'st iluikt'i' liiiiwn, wiili liiowii slial'ts ami wliiti- ti|iM, tliu whilu ilvca-UMiii^ on tlit- twu cviitniU, 

 Dill lilack ; K'^s lU'cp lilafki^li ({lay ; iLiws lihu'k." 



" Jii'n>,'lli ol will);, f).4 imhcx ; tail. -1 .'> ; hill in lionl, .7.") ; tarsi, l.lM ; mitUllL' tou (claw, .17), 

 .h:i." (Swinhok, I'. Z. 8. If*7i>. p. I III.) 





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Gk.ms OCBTHODROBSnS, KKiriiKNiiAcii. 



OchthmlroiHKH, ItKiciiKMi. Av. Syst. l.H.i;!, Iiitniil. p. .wiii (ty|M', I'lmnidiiitu U'ilnoniiis, Oiin). 



CilAit. Hill laiv*' itii*l xtoi lon^for than tlit> niiihllv toe, tin- tirniinal half of the ciiliniii Htroii^^iy 

 convex, anil hasu of the ^onvs i aiii^; a ilcriilcil iin;,'lc ; liasal half of the niuxilla(lt.-pn-.ssi'il ika'idL'illy 

 hflow till- Irvcl of ihii It'iniinal hull. Tail shoit. scmrt'ly reaching,' thi^ tips of the priniaiii's. 



Tlu* ilistiiii'tivf chunu'tcrs of ihix wcll-niaikitl );iMini4 i'iinxi!<t I'hictly in the hn^a licail ami licavy 

 hill, tdiilrastcil with tin- wi-ak fcrt ami heavy h';,'s. An exotic species, which seems to he slii''lly 

 conneneiic with ". //'//xi/h/ks, is the Clin mil ri UK llniffniiji. W'Atii.., which a),'iees niiniilety in all 

 the tielails of slructllle, e.xcept that the le;;s are very ileciileilly lo|ij,'cr. There is also colisideraMi' 

 tiiiiiilarily in the style of colnration. es|H'cially in the winter plnnia^^e ; hut in siiiiiiner dress, f>. 

 Uiiijlriiiii has a rnfons, instead of lihnk, jii;.'ular hand. 



America possesses liiit a siiij,de >pecies, *'. iriliuiiiiiiK, the type iif the ).;enus. Thin aitjieals ill 



the form of two well-marked ).'eo;,'rapliical races, whose characters are as follows : — 



Co.M. CiiAii. Ahove, lirownish (.'ray ; forehead and lower |iarts white. ^ : Kore-parl of the 



crown, lores, and jn^jiilar collar, hiack. 9 ' ''■'' '"lack repl.iceil hy hrownish j.'ray or VmUi hrown- 



i)<li, paler on (he lores. 



Vur. Wilsoniua. .sides of the ix ciput and upper part of nape slightly tinned w illi Imlly ochra- 



ceoiis. Keiiiale with the hues nearly white. Ilnli. Coasts of .<oiith Atlantic (ami (Jiilf?) .*>l,ites. 

 Var. rufinuobua.' Sides of <^ccipii| ard upper part of iia|M' deep rusty. Female wiili lores 



distinctly hrownish nfray. Colors ^{enerally darker in holh sexes. Hub. West Indies (and other 



tro]iical coasts?;, 



OchthodromuB WilsonluB. 



WILSOrS PLOVBB. 



('hnrmlriiis U'llmiiiiii^, Oiih, .d. WiU. |.\. is-.'.>. 77, p|. 7:t, lij.. .I — Xrrr. Man. 11. IHIU, 21.— 

 Ai 1.. Orii. Ilioj;. 111. XMU, 1:\; V. Is.Ut, r.77, pi. JM ; .Syii.ip. Ihan, 'JJ:1 1 H. Am. V. isl.', -Jit, 

 pi. ;ill'. 



j-Kijiii/ilis irilHiiiiiiis, HoN.vr. CciiiHp. List. \s:\s, |,'). CorKs, Olirck Mst, 'J<! cd. \HH-2, no. .IS.'i. 



^■Kitiiilills »'/7.w«i/».«, (ass. ill Hiiiid's II. N. Am. IHaH, (lit:!. — li.viiin, lat. N. Am. II. I8:.i>, no. iM. - 

 ColKs, Key, Ks7a, •.'14 : ("1 k List, 1«>7:!, im. :t!iH. 



tk-hlliiiilriimiin H'il.viiiiiix, Itmcii. Syst. Av. lH.'.:t. wiii. — ItiiKiw. Noiii. N. Am. J{. 1881, no, j22. 



1 I'liiiriiiliiiis cniiiMiiii.iln's, Svi\, .\y. Bias. ||. ls-_>."i, "7, ]il. !I4. 



Hah. Atlantic seu-coust of teiii|M'rale North America, and of .'^otith America to Ura/il ; hotli 

 coasts of Middle America north to Cape St. Lucas; West Indies; Northwestern Peru (Taczan. 

 P. Z. S. lf*77, :W(>). 



' Ocn'nioiiito.Mi's Wii.so.Nirs ui'kim'chiis. 



U'hiiriiitriiis rriinKii-ialriH, Srix, Av. Hias. II. 182.'», 77, pi. 94 (cf. Pki.Z. Orii. Bms. 1870, 2fl7), 

 A'ljiiililis irilmiiiiiiH, var. niihiiirhiiK, ItlDiiw. Am. Nttl. VIII. Kch, 1S74, In'.i ('SpHnislitowii, 

 .laliiaini). 

 Then,' is now sumc iloiilit whether the ihaniclcrs <iri);iiially nMcriht-il to this sapjioscil nice nrc oonstimt, 

 III the iiluM'iii'c of Hiilllcii'iit niiiterial to di-c !.!.• the |riiiiit, however, \\v fur the present keep it separate. 



