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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Adult female—Wing 95-105.5 (101.2) ; tail, 38^7.5 (45.0) ; culmen 

 36^2.5 (40.2) ; tarsus 31-37.5 (34.1) ; middle toe without claw 32-37.5 

 (34.3 mm.).^^ 



Bcmge. — Breeds in fresh-water marshes or, at least, near fresh water 

 from Nova Scotia (Kentville) ; New Brunswick (Scotch Lake; 

 St. John) ; southern Quebec (Quebec; Montreal) ; Ontario (Ottawa; 

 Toronto; Kingston; King Township; Hamilton; York Factory (?) ; 

 Wellington and Waterloo Counties) ; Michigan (Detroit ; Cheboygan 

 County; Bay City; Huron Mountain; Pontiac; Douglas Lake) ; Wis- 

 consin (West De Pere; Kelley Brook; Madison) ; Minnesota (Leach 

 Lake; Fort Snelling; Millelacs Lake); southern Manitoba (Shoal 



acters. The table below gives the actual data on which this conclusion la 

 based. As may be seen from it, the supposed size discrepancy does not exist at 

 all in the females examined : 



Locality 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens 



Wing 



Tail 



Culmen 



Taisus 



Middle toe 



without 



claw 



Mdle> 



Massachusetts 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania- 



District of Columbia 



Virginia— 



Illinois. 



Missouri 



Minnesota 



Montana 



Utah 



British Columbia 



Washington 



California 



Arizona. 



Females 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania. 



District of Columbia 



Virginia 



Alabama... 



Illinois 



Utah 



New Mexico . 



California 



Mexico, Lower CaltTornla. 



106.5 



101 



105.6 



103-107 



(105) 



106-109 



94 



103 



104 



99 



109 



113 



110.8 



103-111 



(107.4) 



106 



101 



105 



105.5 



95-100 



102 



101.6 



98 



96 



103-103 



103 



97-104 



(101.4) 



44.5 



43 



41 



43.44 



(43.8) 



44-46 



42 



43 



44 



38.5 



43 



48 



54 



41-48. 5 



(44.8) 



46 



44 

 42 

 41 



40-44 



45 



47.5 



42 



41 



41-44 

 44 



38-48 



(42.8) 

 43 



40.6 



44.6 



42 



38-42. 5 



(40.5) 



40-42 



36.5 



39 



43 



42.6 



45 



43.6 



44 



36. 5-44. 6 



(40.8) 



41 



37 



42.5 



40 



36. 5-37 



38 



40 



36 



37.5 



39-39. 5 



37 



35-39 



(37.4) 



38.5 



34 



33 



35.6 



34-36 



(34.8) 



34-36 



31.6 



33.5 



35.6 



35 



37 



39 



35 



31. 6-39 



(36.8) 



33 



36 



3G 



32-33 



32.5 



36 



31 



32,5 



32-33 



36 



32-37 



(313) 



37.6 



37 



37.6 



38.6 



34.6-37 



(34.6) 



35-36 



35 



37 



39.6 



36.6 



38.6 



35-39 



(36.4) 



39 



32 



37 



37.6 



35-36 



33.6 



34 



33.6 



33 



33.5-34 



36 



30-36.6 



(33.3) 



36 



" Nineteen specimens from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania, District of Columbia, Virginia, Alabama, Illinois, Utah, New Mexico, 

 California, and Mexico (Lower California). 



