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<7^/»/yi li/A'OS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



legs, white; bill, dark horn color, liRhtest at tip; claws, h«»rn 

 color. Total length, 11/5 inches; wing, 7; tail, 4^^; tarsus, ij'^^. 

 Exp(»sed culmen, half inch. 



A Greenland specimen from Sukkertoppen, also an adult feniaU', 

 varies from the above described bird, in having more buff on the 

 under parts, and considerable white on the abdomen; the Hniik 

 feathers are also more buff, as the bars are decidedly bulT. 

 The date of capture of tliis example is not given and it is im])iis- 

 sible to tell whether it has (piite assumed the breeding plumuKc 

 or is passing from it, but as there are no feathers of an autumn 

 dress visible it is probable that the breeding dress is not yet 

 completed; the autumn dress seems to be ochraceous, mottkil 

 with black, and black blotches interspersed on the upper parts. 



