. The water birds of North America . — Prevost & Des Murs, Voy. Venus, V. Ois. 1855, (Xema) furcatus, Bruch, J. f. O. 1853, , loues, Key, 1872, 317; Check List, 1873, no. 559; Birds N. W. 1874, 661.— SAUNDERS, P. Z. S. 1878, 210 ; 18S2, 523, pi. 34 (adult and young ; Peru).Xema furcata, Coues, 2d Check List, 1882, no. furcatus, BoXAP. Xaumannia, 1854, 213. — Lawk, in Bairds B. N. Am. 1858, 857. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1S59, no. 679. — Salvix, Trans. Zool. Soc. IX. 1876, 506 (Galapagos). — Ridow. Noni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 678. Hab. Coast of California ?
. The water birds of North America . — Prevost & Des Murs, Voy. Venus, V. Ois. 1855, (Xema) furcatus, Bruch, J. f. O. 1853, , loues, Key, 1872, 317; Check List, 1873, no. 559; Birds N. W. 1874, 661.— SAUNDERS, P. Z. S. 1878, 210 ; 18S2, 523, pi. 34 (adult and young ; Peru).Xema furcata, Coues, 2d Check List, 1882, no. furcatus, BoXAP. Xaumannia, 1854, 213. — Lawk, in Bairds B. N. Am. 1858, 857. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1S59, no. 679. — Salvix, Trans. Zool. Soc. IX. 1876, 506 (Galapagos). — Ridow. Noni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 678. Hab. Coast of California ? ; Galapagos; Paracas Bay, Peru (Saunders). Sp. Char. Adult (summerplumage?) : Above, cinereous; entire head, with anterior half ofthe neck, sooty black ; frontal bar, exterior margin of the scapulars, under wing-coverts, tail, andentire lower parts, white ; first to fourth quills, with the whole ot the outer and the terminalportion of the inner webs, black, the third and fourth gray at the base ; tilth and sixth gray. X. furcata, • adult. exteriorly, black terminally ; fourth, fifth, and sixth with a white apical bar. Bill and feet length, inches; wing, ; middle rectrices, ; exterior rectrices, ; tarsus, ; middle toe, with claw, 1 Translation of Salvias Latin diagnosis in Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. IX. 1876, p. ii. — 35 274 LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS — LONGIPBNNES.
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