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400 



ALE('ToI{IDKH. 





ArainuB plotiui. 



FLORIDA COURLAN ; LIMFKIM. 



TnntaluH indun { KiihuiuiLykii litdum), lli>: Cnjimj llinl, UuiUifuUu iixrikltd, H.vilTHAM, 



ArumiiH iiiilUH, t'lUK.H. I'r. A< . Nat. Si i. I'liilml. lS7:i,:t.'i» (rx Uauui. I.'.) j (,'link l,i»t, iiil 

 nil. (171. — Uiiiiiw. Noiii. N. Am. II. 1.H81, no. 6»l. 



/,'"//".« J/'!/""''"". H'iNAi'. .lour. A<'. Nut. S.i. I'liilml. V. Wi:>, :»1 (Floiida). 



Ai<iiiii<ii.ii<j<iiil'<i-<< Uaiiih, H. N. Am. IS.'iH, tiri7 ; t'ut. N. Am. H. 1n'i!», ii<>. 4h1. 



Aiamiis iniiliifHiciiin, viir. ijiijuiilnis, (OrKM, Kry, 1h7'J, •j71 ; ('link List, lH7a , KU. 



Antiims .vohimfrKg, HoN.M'. Am. Orii. III. \n-is, lU. pi. xxvi. (iiei' Vii.ii.1..) - Nrn. 

 18;u, (W. Aci). Mm. Uii'g. IV. Imih, .1J3 (imt pi. ;t77. wliUh In truu J. .iiu/i*/wceM«) 

 IHIiU, Jilt ; H. Am. V. 1H4'J, iHl (mil [il. ;il'J. wliirli U J. .vutlnixuvun). 



ynlli'iuiili 11.1 liii/iinl id 11.1, C'.vii. .1. f. (». IH.'.O, IJtl (Culiu). 



Animus hiihul ifl II :, Sci,. & .S.vi.v. llii», I. 1860, 227 {Heli/o ami Oiiioii, HomluruH). 



IIau. (hviiUT Aiitilli's Fiiniilii, mill Allnntii' rmiHt nf (Viitnil Aiiu'iiin, Id {[ihhIuiuh aii<l 

 Cimta Hira i I'aiilir ru/ift ). 



Si'. Cmak, .Ii/»// ; (It'iiiTiil loliir nlivmcim^ uiiiliii-lniiwn, iiirh l'L'iithi.'r iimiki'd ct'iitiiiliy witii 

 a Htii|)e of wliiti', tlusi" nmikiiiK-^ liiuai mi the licml iiiiil iiirk, Imt iniiili linituli r mil iiutru or Iuh« 

 cuiinitu ami ovate ini llir lnwiT jiarl-, ii|iii('r imrl (liliic liark, sra|iiilm-<, ami win;; c uvi'itf* ; niik's. 

 Hank-*, ami irisHiiiii uiiiroriii rliiiiMilali'-lniiwii, wiilmui siivakM ; iiiiiiiarii-* ami tail uiiirnrni viili 

 purpliMli chocolutf, Willi i)ur|t!i.''li ri'lliTliniis ; uiiinT |iiirtH >{eu('riilly ihdh' ur Iimh ^ilu'seil wiili 



TmviU. 



•ll. INS'.'. 



.Mail. II 

 ; Hyiii.j., 



purplisli bronze. Lores, iiinlar re^tion, chin, luul throat dull white, I'aiiitly streaked with lirown. 

 "Bill ^ireunisli yellow, dusky tuwanl the end of lioth nimidiMes, hut esiieeiaJly the iiiiper ; iii> 

 ha/.el ; feet leaiU^tiay ; cliiws dusky '' ' (.\ii)i'H()N). Ymiiiij : Similar to the adult, hut tlie lnown 

 duller, the white uiai'kiii^js nnich narrower, and less sharply detined. Doimiij ijouuij : "Coveieil 

 with eoawe tufty feathers of a black color" (Audubon). 



Total leii;;tii, about •2.'>.(M)-27.(HI inches; extent, 4(l.(l(>-42.(K) ; wing, 1I.(M>-13.0() ; ciiliiieii, 

 3.50-4.75 ; tarsus, a.-'id-.'i.io ; middle toe. :}.;}( >-3 .")(». 



Among more than fifty specinieiiH of this bird examined, we find great variations of size and 

 pro|iortions ; and if the labels arc tn be credited, this variation seems i|iiite inilei»endeiit ol'scx. 

 Young birds resemlile iidulls, but are duller colored, with tlie white maikiiigs much narrower and 

 less distinct. Sevimil examples from Porto Rico have shorter and deeper bills, anil are smaller 

 generally, than any we have seen from Florida. In a larger series, however, these difl'erences may 

 prove not constant. An examjile from La Palnm, Costa Rica (I'acilic side), collected by Mi. 

 C. C. Nutting, is not essentially different from some Floridan specimens, although rather mmi' 

 richly colored than most of them. 



' III tlie dried skin, the bill is mainly dusky, the mamlitile light brownish on the basul lialf. the 

 temiiual half horn-color, dusky, or even glaucous ; tliu legs and feet black. 



