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is never pronounced. In some it is nearly absent. On the throat 
the yellow tinge is present although faint in all the specimens and 
is most marked medially and close to the bill. The edges of this 
patch below and behind the black markings and therefore well on the 
side of the head, are in all the specimens nearly pure white. In the 
color of these markings, therefore, the birds resembled praticola, not 
alpestris. 
Two specimens in the Bangs collection from Lance au Loup on 
the southern Labrador coast taken on May 3 and May 14, 1899, 
although both females, have a more pronounced yellow tint in both 
the throat and the superciliary markings. Examination of specimens 
in Mr. Brewster’s collection shows a fainter yellow in the specimens 
taken in April in Massachusetts than in those taken in October. 
As to measurements it will be seen from those given below that the 
birds are large and correspond in size to the northern race, alpestris , 
and not to praticola. 
All our specimens show considerable wear in the feathers, for all 
were taken just before the annual August moult. 
Measurements in millimeters of Otocoris alpestris. 
Bill 
from 
Exposed 
No. 1 
Sex. Locality. 
Date. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
nostril. 
culmen. 
1164 
cT Cape Charles, Lab. 
July 30, 1906 
111.3 
72 
22.5 
11.8 
13.9 
1162 
c? Battle Harbor, Lab. 
July 14, 1906 
109 
73 
23 
11.5 
12.8 
1165 
c? 
July 14, 1906 
111.2 
69.2 
21.8 
10.5 
12 
1167 
c? 
July 11, 1906 
109 
71 
23.4 
11.5 
13 
1166 
cT Pack’s Harbor, Lab. 
July 24, 1906 
112.8 
76 
22.5 
10 
12 
1163 
cT Fanny’s Harbor, Lab 
July 21, 1906 
111.5 
74 
20 
10 
12 
Average of six adult males 
110.8 
72.5 
22.2 
10.9 
12.6 
1161 
9 Flower’s Cove, NF. 
July 9, 1906 
104 
65 
19.6 
11 
13 
1168 
9 Battle Harbor, Lab. 
July 27, 1906 
105 
64.2 
20.5 
10.8 
12.2 
1169 
9 Holton, Lab. 
July 19, 1906 
101 
60.4 
20.8 
10 
11.8 
1170 
9 Long Tickle, Lab. 
July 20, 1906 
102 
61 
20 
10.5 
12 
Average of four adult females 
103 
62.6 
20.2 
10.5 
12.2 
1160 
cTjuv. Flower’s Cove, NF. 
July 9, 1906 
96 
51.8 
18 
9.5 
10.2 
1171 
cTjuv. Cape Charles, Lab. 
July 30, 1906 
104 
64 
21 
9.9 
12 
Average of two young males 
100 
57.9 
19.5 
9.7 
11.1 
From these considerations we have concluded that the Horned 
Collection of Dr. C. W. Townsend. 
