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U. S. P. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVEYS — ZOOLOGY GENEEAL EEPOET. 
a green It stre ; primaries slightly tipped with white, and having a white spot on their inner edges; secondaries white at their 
bases, and tipped with white ; middle feathers of the tail same green as other upper parts ; outer tipped with white, and with 
irregular bars of brownish black. Bill yellowish green, tipped with brown; feet reddish yellow. 
Young less bronzed above, and under parts white, without spots. 
Total length, 7h to 8 inches ; wing, 4£ ; tail, 2 ; bill, 1 ; tarsus, rather less than 1 inch. 
Hab. — Entire temperate North America ; Oregon. Europe. 
Diffused throughout the United States, resorting, in the winter season, to the southern con- 
fines of the republic, and extending its range into Mexico and Central America. This little 
bird has so frequently been noticed in Europe that it is now given as a species of that con- 
tinent by nearly all late authorities. 
List of specimens. 
Catal . 
No. 
Sex& 
age. 
Locality. 
When col- 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
ot'wings 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
1504 
1518 
1620 
10422 
7059 
6535 
6534 
7484 
10420 
6995 
5439 
5440 
5100 
10419 
6639 
4400 
66 10 
8443 
5988 
3 
3 
o 
9 
May 10, 1844 
May 15, lt44 
July 9, 1841 
7.72 
7.50 
13.40 
13.40 
4.32 
4.24 
Jno. K. Tovvnsend 
tit. Louis 
May 13, 1857 
81 
Q 
Q 
Roekport, Ohio 
Q 
N. W. University. 
Dr. Hayden 
6 50 
7.12 
7.00 
8.00 
6.50 
12.25 
12.75 
12.50 
13.00 
13.00 
3.75 
3.25 
3.75 
9 
3 
Mouth of Powder river. 
Permanent Camp, N. M. 
do 
Aug. 20, 1855 
121 
4.00 
J.Xantus de Vesey 
3 
3 
Dr. Heermann . 
Fort Dalles, O. T 
177 
78 
7.50 
7.12 
13.25 
June 8,1854 
Gov. Stevens 
Dr. Cooper 
Bill yellow and black... 
teilacooin, W. T . 
rHILOMACIIUS, Moehring. 
Philomachus, Moehring, Genera Avium, 1752, 76. Type Tritiga pugnax, L. 
Machetes, Cuviek, E. Amer. 1817. 
Ch — Bill nearly straight; as long as the head or the outer toe. Groove of bill extending nearly to the tip. Bill 
depressed, broad to the tip, which is scarcely expanded. Gape extending a little further back than the culmen ; the feathers 
of lower mandibles extending rather further forward than those of upper; those of chin still further. Legs slender; tarsus li 
times as long as middle toe, 1J times the length of bare tibia. A basal web connecting the outer and middle toes to the first 
joint of the former ; inner toe cleft to base. Tail rather long ; distinctly barred. 
This genus, usually placed among Tringeae, appears to have most affinity with the present 
section, ,nd in a measure to connect Tringoides and Actiturus. The bill is more depressed, and 
rather broader to the end than usual ; but it appears hard and firm, and with little or none of 
the spoon-shaped expansion at the end. The greater cleft of the mouth, the half webbing of 
the toes, the bars on the tail, the lengthened tarsi, &c, all seem to indicate the propriety of 
placing it with Totaneae. 
