. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. â -*â¢*;.-; X- 'V. â¢. / in jrinfer: Similar to the summer iiliima^e, l)i!t head nml neck streaked with jialu brownisih },'ra,v. "Tliebill is wine-yeUow, the lower mandilile with uu orpimeiit patch near the end; the e(lj,'(s of the eyelids jtale yellow ; the feet tlesh-colored, the claws bluish black" (Macoilmvuay). Younff, first plumage: Ashy white, more or less tini^'cd with pale brownish ash below, the upiM r parts more or less nmt- tled transversely witli the same ; head and neck fain
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. â -*â¢*;.-; X- 'V. â¢. / in jrinfer: Similar to the summer iiliima^e, l)i!t head nml neck streaked with jialu brownisih },'ra,v. "Tliebill is wine-yeUow, the lower mandilile with uu orpimeiit patch near the end; the e(lj,'(s of the eyelids jtale yellow ; the feet tlesh-colored, the claws bluish black" (Macoilmvuay). Younff, first plumage: Ashy white, more or less tini^'cd with pale brownish ash below, the upiM r parts more or less nmt- tled transversely witli the same ; head and neck faintly streaked with the same. Ter- minal third of bill dusky, basal portidii flesh-color ; le^'s and feet tlesh-color ; " iris yellowish brown" (KlMMKN, MS.).' Ymuig, in second viii- ter: Wholly pun' u-hite, the bill and fctt colored as above. Downy young (No. 7()217, Kingwah Fiord, Cumljerland Gnlf, June 24,1878; lien): Grayish white, paler below; head and neck irrejjulaily marked with scattered laiye spots of dusky; back, wings, and ruin]) irregularly clouded with dark grayish. Bill brownish, crossed by a broad dusky band ; AtI light brown. Totid length, to inches ; extent, to ; wing, lf).75-18.()0 () ; culnicn, «5 () ; depth of bill through angle, .75-l.(K) (.85) ; tarsus, () ; middle toe, (). [Fourteen specimens.] There is a very great amount of individual variation in this species, some specimens being hardly distinguishable from L. lencopterus, while others are larger than the average of L. vKirinus. Wt; have found it excee follows: " Y'oung: The bill is horn-color, or pale yellowish gniy ; the upper mandible brownish black 1«- yond the nostrils ; the lower beyond the angle. The feet are flesh-color ; the claws lightish brown. Voimii, in third winter: The bill is yellowish , with only a .spot on each ninndiWe toward the ond ; iris dull gray ; the edges of
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