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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  front 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  neck 
  dark 
  reddish 
  chestnut; 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  white 
  ; 
  top 
  of 
  

   head 
  and 
  feathers 
  around 
  base 
  of 
  bill 
  sooty; 
  upper 
  parts 
  blackish, 
  the 
  

   feathers 
  broadly 
  margined 
  with 
  tawny 
  or 
  buff; 
  wings 
  grayish 
  brown, 
  a 
  

   broad 
  band 
  of 
  white 
  through 
  the 
  secondaries 
  and 
  tip 
  of 
  greater 
  coverts; 
  

   primaries 
  blackish, 
  the 
  shafts 
  white; 
  bill 
  yellowish 
  tipped 
  with 
  dusky; 
  

   feet 
  yellowish; 
  eyes 
  dark. 
  Male: 
  Similar 
  but 
  much 
  duller. 
  Winter 
  

   plumage: 
  Light 
  pearly 
  gray 
  above; 
  head 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  white; 
  a 
  dusky 
  

   space 
  about 
  the 
  eye, 
  and 
  blackish 
  crescent 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  crown; 
  

   bill 
  and 
  feet 
  mostly 
  dusky. 
  Young: 
  Upper 
  parts 
  similar 
  to 
  summer 
  male 
  ; 
  

   under 
  parts 
  white 
  tinged 
  with 
  buff 
  on 
  throat 
  and 
  breast. 
  

  

  Length 
  7.5-8.8 
  inches; 
  extent 
  14. 
  5-16; 
  wing 
  5-5.5; 
  tail 
  2.4-2.5; 
  tarsus 
  

   .75-.8;bill.8-.9. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  holarctic 
  distribution, 
  breeding 
  far 
  north 
  and 
  migrat- 
  

   ing 
  southward 
  to 
  temperate 
  regions 
  in 
  winter. 
  In 
  New 
  York 
  it 
  is 
  rather 
  

   uncommon. 
  There 
  are 
  about 
  20 
  records 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence, 
  8 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  

   from 
  the 
  interior, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Flushing, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  about 
  1870. 
  Robert 
  Lawrence, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  5:117 
  

   Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  May 
  14, 
  1883. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  i: 
  2,3 
  

  

  Sept. 
  26, 
  1885. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Vajne, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  436 
  

   Montauk, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Sept. 
  1886. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  134 
  

  

  rj^ 
  ?. 
  Oct. 
  22, 
  1888. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  134 
  

   Quogue, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  134; 
  Giraud, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  p. 
  245 
  

   Amityville, 
  L. 
  L 
  Nov. 
  28, 
  1888. 
  (Chichester). 
  Butcher 
  

   Montauk, 
  L. 
  I. 
  May 
  20, 
  1892. 
  2 
  9. 
  (Scott). 
  " 
  

  

  Montauk 
  Light, 
  L. 
  L 
  Oct. 
  21., 
  1894. 
  9. 
  

  

  Apr. 
  30, 
  1898. 
  (2C?,7$). 
  (Miller). 
  Butcher 
  

   Montauk 
  Point 
  Light, 
  L. 
  1. 
  Nov. 
  27, 
  1902. 
  Braislin, 
  Auk, 
  21: 
  289 
  

  

  " 
  Sept. 
  24, 
  1903. 
  Braislin, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  p. 
  57 
  

  

  Oneida 
  Lake, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  4, 
  1889. 
  Bagg, 
  Auk, 
  7: 
  230 
  

   Niagara 
  river, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  1892. 
  James 
  Savage, 
  Auk, 
  12: 
  313 
  

   Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  9 
  . 
  Sept. 
  26, 
  1894. 
  

   South 
  Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  31, 
  1896. 
  James 
  Savage 
  

  

  Nov. 
  1897. 
  

   Keuka 
  lake, 
  Yates 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  James 
  Flahive 
  Collection 
  

  

  Auburn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  (William 
  Hopkins). 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Proc. 
  1856. 
  5: 
  13 
  

   Fourth 
  lake, 
  Herkimer 
  co. 
  Sept. 
  25, 
  1904. 
  9 
  . 
  (Robert 
  McPhail). 
  E. 
  H. 
  Eaton 
  Collec- 
  

   tion 
  

  

  