. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 'It? 482 - marii'ti, and tail dwit black, the roi'trices pure wliite liasally. Hill ami I'l'i't brifjht llesh-coloi-, the former yellow near the nostrils ami black on the nail; iris brown.* Sexes alike, youmj: Much like the ailult, but with the patteru less ilistiiicl and the colors duller. Cinnamon replaced by dinj,'y },'ray, more or linj,'ed with rusty ocliraceous. AlKlomeii, Hanks, and crissum ^,'rayisli wliite, tiuf^ed with deeiier {,'ray. Hill dusky ;
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 'It? 482 - marii'ti, and tail dwit black, the roi'trices pure wliite liasally. Hill ami I'l'i't brifjht llesh-coloi-, the former yellow near the nostrils ami black on the nail; iris brown.* Sexes alike, youmj: Much like the ailult, but with the patteru less ilistiiicl and the colors duller. Cinnamon replaced by dinj,'y },'ray, more or linj,'ed with rusty ocliraceous. AlKlomeii, Hanks, and crissum ^,'rayisli wliite, tiuf^ed with deeiier {,'ray. Hill dusky ; leel dark reddish. Ihtvnij ijottiiij: Above, blackish* brown, varied by larjj;e ureas of sulphury bulf, as follows ; u supraloral streak extendinj,' over the eye ; a wide stripe from the bill umler the eye and ;; across the occiput, the black- ish K'low it extendiuf,' forward only about as far as directly beneath the eye, and confluent pos- teriorly with the nuchal loii^'iliulinal stripe of the same color ; a i)air of sulphury bull patches on each side of the back, and another on each side the rump ; posteriiu' half of the win^,' whit- ish bull', the end of the win;,' blackish ; the black of the upper parts sends olf two lateral pro- jections on each side, the tii'st on each side the croj), till! secoml over the Hanks to the tibiie ; tlie bulf of the abdomen extending' ui)ward in front of this last stripe as far as the middle por- tion ot the bulf sjpot on the side of the back. Lower parts wholly whitish liulf, paler and less yellowish aloni^ the middle. [Described from a specimen "about four days old," obtained by Dr. J. V. Merrill, U. 8. A., at Fort Hrown, Texas, Au^. 14, 1ST7. "Hill bluish above, yellow below ; le};s t);] Wing, 5).-_H>- inches ; eulmen, '.ir) ; t;irsus, )-2.(U); middle toe, The cinnamon-color of the breast varies, in this species, from a vinaceous to a rich rufous , but that of the lower neck
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