. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. I 158 ORALLATOHKS- I,IMI(Or,.K. The four iiilult i>xitin|tli'» IwlorL' iii* ditfi-r very conHidunhly I'mni each other in Home pointx of coloration. A (treunliinil Hpccjnicn iiml two skinx fi'oni tlii> American nliore of CntnlM-rland (iiiif have till? iilai'lt jugular collar fxti'miiii;,' upwanl over the lowi'r ((art of the throat, forming llicrc (|uite a lU'oniinent angle, while in a l^uropean Hpeeiincn the anterior herder of thin Jugular eollar. forni« a straight transverse line
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. I 158 ORALLATOHKS- I,IMI(Or,.K. The four iiilult i>xitin|tli'» IwlorL' iii* ditfi-r very conHidunhly I'mni each other in Home pointx of coloration. A (treunliinil Hpccjnicn iiml two skinx fi'oni tlii> American nliore of CntnlM-rland (iiiif have till? iilai'lt jugular collar fxti'miiii;,' upwanl over the lowi'r ((art of the throat, forming llicrc (|uite a lU'oniinent angle, while in a l^uropean Hpeeiincn the anterior herder of thin Jugular eollar. forni« a straight transverse line ; in tlie latter, on tlif other hand, the posterior edgi of the jugular collar is irregular — decidedly concave in the niiddhs and convex laterally— while in the Amer- ican specimens it runs nearly straight across. Whether these differences Itetwecu the hirds of this species from North Ann rica antl Europe are coUHtant, can only be determined by the examination of more extensive material. Of the American skins, two adult males collected at the same [dace and on the same day (head of Cumlierland (lulf, .Iinie i'l, 1878, L. ) dilfcr remarkably from one another in the width of the white frontal b:md. In No, 7(ii;32 this measures only one tenth of an inch in breadth, while in No. 70133 it is three tin»es as wide ! ; there is a nearly corresponding difference, however, in the extent nf the black on the crown, this measuring in the two specimens, respec- tively, .40 and .30 of an inuh. The present bird, so well known as the Kinf I'lover of Europe, and until quite rerently supposed to Inive, no other claim to u plaee in our fauna than its rather common presence in (Jreiniland, must now be fully admitted to be a North American species, on other and quite indisputable An uiulonbt»'d specimen of it has been tiiken at (}reat Slave Lake, and it has since been found breeding within our borders. I'rofessor Newton states that it breeds generally throughout Greenland,
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