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white on abdomen, anal region, and under tail-coverts; axillars and 

 proximal under wing-coverts clear light bluish-gray (gull-gray or light 

 gull-gray), the distal under wing-coverts slate-gray; bill black; iris 

 scarlet or scarlet-vermilion; bare orbital space livid flesh color; legs 

 and feet lake-red, or pinkish-red; length (skins), 361-459 (412) ; wing, 

 196.5-214.5 (204.9); tail, 173-211 (193.5); culmen, 15-18 (16.7); 

 tarsus, 26-29 (27.4) ; middle toe, 26.5-29.5 (27.7). 6 



Ad/tilt female. — Distinctly duller in plumage than the adult male, 

 the head more brownish-gray, the back, scapulars, and proximal 

 secondaries more decidedly brownish, the scapulars and wing-coverts 

 more numerous spots or more heavily spotted with black; the vina- 

 ceous-fawn color of the foreneck and rest of under parts replaced by 

 light drab, passing into pale, drab-gray on breast and sides, and 

 metallic gloss of hindneck and sides of neck less brilliant; iris orange 

 or orange-red; bare orbital space pale grayish-blue; legs and feet paler 

 lake-red than in adult male; length (skins), 290-428 (352); wing, 

 175-210 (198.1); tail, 141.5-194.5 (176.6); culmen, 15-18.5 (16.9); 

 tarsus, 25.5-28.5 (27.1); middle toe, 25-28.5 (26.6). c 



a Fresh colore of specimens bought in Washington Market, Mar. 26, 1870. 

 6 Twenty-three specimens. c Seventeen specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Ex- 



cul- 

 men. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



One adult male from New Brunswick 



One adult male from Maine 



Two adult males from Massachusetts 



Two adult males from New York 



Two adult males from Pennsylvania 



tine adult male from Georgia .' 



Two adult males from Indiana 



Five adult males from Wisconsin 



Two adult males from Minnesota 



Two adult males from Indian Territory 



One adult male from Nebraska 



One adult male from Montana? (Pack Biver) 



One adult male from "California " 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from northern Ontario (Moose Factory) 



One adult female from Quebec (Chambly ) 



One adult female from New York 



One adult female from New Jersey 



One adult female from Pennsylvania 



One adult female from Maryland * 



One adult female from District of Columbia 



One adult female from North Carolina 



One adult female from Kentucky 



Two adult females fr6Tn Indiana 



One adult female from Michigan 



Two adult females from Wisconsin 



One adult female from Washington (Puget Sound) 



206 



205.5 



206 



205.5 



203.2 



207 



202.5 



209 



201.5 



203.7 



201 



205 



200 



193 



205 



200 



210 



205.5 



196 



175 



195 



185 



205.1 



197 



198.5 



■205 



193 



5 

 .87.5 

 .99.5 

 5 

 202 

 200 

 203 



172 



175 



180.7 



194.5 



183 



186 



154.5 



168 



141.5 



177 



181 



175 



175 



16 



16.5 



16.7 



17.5 



17.5 



17.2 



16.8 



16.2 



15 



17.5 



16.5 



16.5 



17 



16 



17 



16 



17.5 



17 



16.5 



16 



17.5 



17.2 



18 



16 



16 



28 



28.5 



28 



28.2 



27.5 



28.5 



26.7 



28 



28.2 



28.5 



26.5 



26.5 



27.5 



26 



27.5 



27.2 



27.5 



27 



28.5 



25.5 



27 



28.5 



28.2 



27 



25.7 



27.5 



27.5 



28.5 



26.5 



28.2 



27 



28.5 



28 



27.9 



27.5 



28.5 



27.5 



26.5 



27.5 



25 



28.5 



26.5 



25 



26.5 



26.5 



25.5 



27.5 



27 



27.7 



26 



26 



28.5 



