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almost as plentifully developed as in the adults; the bars on the 
‘axillaries are often incomplete, and are, in rare instances, entirely 
absent.””@ . 
Dowriy young.—General color pale grayish buff (nearly tilluel buff), 
slightly deeper on head and under parts; a median stripe on fore- 
head (not extending to bill), two broader stripes on posterior portion 
of crown and occiput, a postocular streak (broader posteriorly), an 
irregular stripe down median portion of nape and hindneck, and 
*rregular stripes and spots on back, rump, and wings, dusky grayish 
brown or fuscous. 
Adult male.—Wing, 228-247 (237.7); tail, 96-102 (98.7); exposed 
culmen, 75-87.5 (81.2); tarsus, 56-58 (56.7); middle toe, 33-36 
(34.5).° 
Adult female——Wing, 233-255 (240.5); tail, 92-104 (99.3); ex- 
posed culmen, 77-90 (82.8); tarsus, 55-63.5 (59.6); middle toe, 
33.5-36.5 (34.9).° 
Breeding in the arctic and subarctic districts of Europe and western 
Asia, from Iceland, Faro, Shetland, and Orkney islands and northern 
portions of Scandinavian peninsula to the valley of the Petchora 
River, northward to Spitzbergen, Jan Mayen Land, etc.; migrating 
southward to the Azores and Canary islands, Madeira, Cape Verde 
Islands, Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Seychelles, Aden, India, 
Ceylon, etc.; frequent in southern Greenland, and accidental on 
Sable Island south of Nova Scotia (1 spec., May 25, 1906). 
[Scolopax] pheopus Linnaus, Syst. Nat., ed.10,i, 1758, 146 (Sweden); ed. 12, 
i, 1766, 243.—Gmeg.in, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789,-657.—Turron, Syst. Nat., 
i, 1806, 394, part. 
Scolopax phxopus BoppaErt, Tabl. Pl. Enl., 1783, 51 (Pl. Enl., pl. 842).— 
Lesson, Traité d’Orn., 1831, 566. 
[Numenius] pheopus Laraam, Synopsis Birds, Suppl., i, 1787, 291; Index Orn.. 
ii, 1790, 711.—Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 42, no. 10249.—Suaxrpr, Hand-list, 
i, 1899, 158 —SciatEr, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897, 189 (Mozambique).— 
Forses and Rosinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 69. 
Numenius pheopus TEMMINcK, Man. d’Orn., ii, 1820, 604.—Rovux, Orn. Prov., 
1825, pl. 307.—Patas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., ii, 1826, 169, part —BoNnApaRTE, 
Ann. Lyc. N. Y., ii, 1826,.444; Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 49.—MENETRIES, 
Cat. Rais. Caucas., 1832, 50 (Caucasus).—Govutp, Birds Europe, iv, 1837, 
pl. 303 and text; Birds Great Brit., iv, 1871, pl. 49 and text—Werss and 
BrrtHeEtort, Orn. Canar., 1840, 37.—NorpManvy, in Démid., Voy. Russ. Mérid., 
iii, 1840, 255.—Srrys-Lonecuamrs, Faune Belge, 1842, 131—YaRReELL, 
@Sharp, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv. 358. 
> Three specimens. 
¢ Eight specimens. 
Extreme and averages of a series of P p. varicgatus are as follows: 
Adult male (5 specimens).—Wing, 211-239 (227); tail, 88-100 (92.4); exposed cul- 
men, 66-79.5 (73); tarsus, 52-59 (55.5); middle toe, 32-35 (33.7). 
Adult female (3 specimens).—Wing, 232-242 (237.7); tail, 87-98.5 (93); exposed 
culmen, 74.5-87 (78.8); tarsus, 55-57 (56.2); middle toe, 34-35 (34.7). 
