GRAULE — PHALOROPODIDJE — HOLOPODIUS. 
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lateral tail-feathers light brown on their outer webs, mottled with brown on their white inner 
vanes, and both bordered with white ; sides of the body and flanks slightly tinged with rufous. 
Adult male, killed at Moriches, Long island, June 1 (fig. 201): Crown and lores ashen grey; 
chin, sides of the neck, occipital stripe, flanks, abdomen and under side of the tail white ; 
a black band passes through the eyes on each side of the neck, and terminates in a dilated 
dark chocolate-brown spot over the shoulders ; upper part of the foreneck light rufous brown ; 
back slate-grey varied with chesnut-brown. Communicated by Mr. G. N. Lawrence. 
Length, tLb-lO'S. 
This little species is also very rare in the State of New-York. They have, however, been 
found near Buffalo, and on Long island. Breeds abundantly in high latitudes, in New-Jersey, 
and probably in this State. Ranges across the continent to the Rocky mountains. Its geo¬ 
graphical limits, now known, extend from Mexico to 55° north. 
(EXTRA-LIM1TAL.) 
H. glacialis. (Rich. F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 409.) Bill slender, dilated at the end; crown dusky and 
dull yellow; cheeks and fore part of the neck yellowish; legs yellowish. An var. prceced. ? 
Northern Regions. 
