. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 364 ALECTORIDES. region black, with a few of the feathers iiiar^'iiifil witli brownish nlivi'. Wing-coverts and \v\nf^< nearly as in ailult, a little (liillcr .iikI (hirkcr, iierhai)s. Suiiurciliary line obscure ashy. Tlnoiii ashy white, finely siiotted with Maik. Central ref,'i()U of lower breast and abdomen, with a few cif the feathers nn the sides, tiii},'ed with wliite. Anal rej^ion-and crissuni ihdl reddish eliestnut. In my cabinet, from f'ambri(l},'e, Mass., August, 1875. Several otlii'r s
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 364 ALECTORIDES. region black, with a few of the feathers iiiar^'iiifil witli brownish nlivi'. Wing-coverts and \v\nf^< nearly as in ailult, a little (liillcr .iikI (hirkcr, iierhai)s. Suiiurciliary line obscure ashy. Tlnoiii ashy white, finely siiotted with Maik. Central ref,'i()U of lower breast and abdomen, with a few cif the feathers nn the sides, tiii},'ed with wliite. Anal rej^ion-and crissuni ihdl reddish eliestnut. In my cabinet, from f'ambri(l},'e, Mass., August, 1875. Several otlii'r s|)('ciniens of corresiionding iij^'cs a},'ree closely with the one above describwl. A male, however i('anibridj,'e, Auj,'. 9, IfS"")), dillVrs inhavin<5a faint reddisli wash over the white on the breast and abdomen" (Brewkteu, Bull, Nutt. Orn. Club, .Tan. 187!), p. 45). Total len^'th, about inclies ; wing, ;j.!)() ; culmen, (i(t ; tarsus, ((); mid- dle toe, " Bill dark brown, the lower mandible and edges of upper yellowish brown ; iris bright red ; feet yellowish brown tinged with olive ; claws more dusky" (Auuubon). This sjjccies is very mucli like R. rligans in miniature, being exceedingly similar to that species in coloration. Close examination, however, reveals several important differences, the more obvious. of which are the following : the whole plumage is darker ; the sides of the head more unifornily and distinctly plumbeous ; the sides and abdomen are cinnamon, like the breast, instead of being respectively barreil, like the flanks, and plain buff or whitisli ; the lining of the wing is not barreil like the flanks, but has dusky and white irregularly mixed, the latter color being on the border and tips of the featliers. There is apparently more of individual variation in this than in any of the larger species, scarcely two examples being closely alike. The chin and throat niiiy be distinctly white, or the
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