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occiput; entire upperparts of body with black, glossy, long, coarse 

 down mixed with long hairlike filaments, which vary from orange- 

 chrome on the hind neck and wings to light orange-yellow on the 

 back; underparts with softer, dense, fur like down, very dark gray 

 in color, some of it posterolaterally tipped with whitish, the throat 

 down longer and coarser and its long terminal parts light orange- 

 yellow in color; bill red, tipped with black; tarsi and toes greenish. 



Adult male— Wing 174r-202 (190.3) ; tail 44.5-61 (51.4) ; cuhnen 

 from nosril 13-16 (14.2) ; cuhnen from frontal shield 30-34 (31.8) ; 

 including frontal shield 41-54 (46.1) ; tarsus 51-61.5 (56.0) ; middle 

 toe without claw 66.5-81 (73.2 mm.).'^ 



Adult female.— Wing 171-192 (179.3) ; taU 41-55 (49.0) ; culmen 

 from nostril 13-16 (14.2) ; culmen from frontal shield 30-34 (31.8) ; 

 including frontal shield 33.5-51 (42.3) ; tarsus 4^58.5 (53.0) ; middle 

 toe without claw 63-75 (64.1 mm.).'* 



Range. — Breeds from British Columbia (Quesnal; Kamloops; and 

 Okanagan) ; Mackenzie (Fort Simpson; Hay Eiver; Fort Kesolution; 

 and Fort Smith); Saskatchewan (Prince Albert; Cumberland 

 House); Manitoba (Moose lake; Chemawawin) ; Minnesota (White 

 Earth; Leech Lake; Millelacs Lake) ; Wisconsin (La Crosse; Kelley 

 Brook; Green Bay) ; Michigan (Lansing; Saginaw; Eochester) ; On- 

 tario (Sudbury; Beaumaris); Quebec (Montreal; Quebec) and New 

 Brunswick; south to Lower California (Comondu; San Pedro Martir 

 Mountains) ; Mexico proper (Michoacan — ^Lake Patzcuaro; Jalisco — 

 Guadalajara; Tepic) ; Guatemala (Lake Atitlan) ; western Panama 

 (Chiriqui Lagoon); central Texas (Decatur; Giddings; San An- 

 tonio) ; eastern Arkansas (Big Lake) ; western Tennessee (Keelfoot 

 Lake) ; western Kentucky (Hickman) ; and North Carolina (Pamlico 

 Sound); and less commonly, Florida (Monticello) ; Merritt Island; 

 Orange Lake; Alachua County; Lake Hicpochee) ; formerly in South 

 Carolina (near Charleston). 



Winters from British Columbia (Okanagan; Sumas) ; Idaho (Deer 

 Flat Bird Eeservation) ; Nevada (Carson) ; Arizona (Salt Eiver Bird 

 Eeservation; near Whipple; Tuscon) ; Colorado (Barr) ; Texas 

 (Mason; San Angelo; San Antonio) ; southern Illinois (Mount Car- 

 mel) ; western Kentucky (Hickman) ; and Maryland (Millers Island) ; 

 south to Lower California (San Jose del Cabo; La Paz); Mexico 

 proper (Sinaloa — Escuinapa; Jalisco — Oootlan; Valley of Mexico — 



93 Thirty-one specimens from Rhode Island, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, 

 Florida, Alabama, Bahamas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, North Dakota, 

 Montana, Nevada, Arizona, California, Oregon, and Mexico. 



''26 specimens from Alberta, Michigan, Virginia, Maryland. North Dakota, 

 Colorado, Florida, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Mexico, and Nicaragvia. 



