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Numenius arquatus. 1. Co. Down, Ireland. Pure white, 

 with red edges. 



2. Wermland, Sweden. Buff'y white. 



3. Ireland. White, with regularly marked wings and 

 tail. 



Somateria mollissima. Norway. Pure white, with five or 

 six brown feathers below and three on the upper surface. 



Euligula fuligula. ? . England. All the dark portions 

 of the plumage buff. 



Spatula clypeata. Ireland. Buffy white, with all the 

 darker markings grey. 



Anas querquedula. Russia. Pale buffy white. 



Pygoscelis papua. South Georgia. Nearly pure white. 



Phalacrocorax punctatus. New Zealand. White, with 

 pale grey markings. 



Uria troile. $ ad. Speeton, Yorkshire. Dull slaty 

 blackish all over. 



I. $ ad. Heligoland. Almost entirely white. 



1. Scarborough. (Rather small.) Almost entirely 

 white. 



1. ? ad. Greenland. Upperside pale brown. 



Alca torda. Tenby. Black all over, with a few small white 

 spots on the under surface. 



Buteo borealis. N. America. White, with only the head 

 and neck and tips of secondaries partly brown and with 

 nearly the whole tail rufous. 



Astur palumbarius. Archangel. Buffy white, with dark 

 longitudinal lines ; tail and back pure white. 



Cerchneis tinnunculus. England. Quills freckled with 

 white. 



Accipiter nisus. Near Perth, Scotland. White; wings 

 and mantle pale brownish grey. 



Athene noctua. 1. Cremona, Italy. Perfect albino. 



