. Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881 . arrived in June they began to mate, and he saw two males following asingle female. At this season they soar in the air like the common snipe, and when desceudingfrom a height they beat their wings behind their backs with a rapid motion, which produced a loudwhirring noise. After repeated search for the uest they were compelled to abandon the hope ofsecuring any eggs, but later in the season the parents with young were obtaineil The followingdescription of the newly-hatched birds is presented by the natur
. Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881 . arrived in June they began to mate, and he saw two males following asingle female. At this season they soar in the air like the common snipe, and when desceudingfrom a height they beat their wings behind their backs with a rapid motion, which produced a loudwhirring noise. After repeated search for the uest they were compelled to abandon the hope ofsecuring any eggs, but later in the season the parents with young were obtaineil The followingdescription of the newly-hatched birds is presented by the naturalist just quoted: Iris black; tipof mandible dark brown; bill dark olive; toes black; soles of feet greenish yellow; back of legsthe same; under part of throat satin white; back beautifully-mottled tortoise-shell. A young bird of the year secured by me at Saint Michaels, ou the date already mentioned,has the crown and back to the rump, including the wings, grayish ashy, darker on the primaries,where it is ashy brown. A pale griyish superciliary stripe extends back from the base of the. BIRDS. 103 upper maudible ou each side. of tlie crowu have dark eeuters, producing a streakedappearance. Edges otfeatbers of back and wing coverts, including the tertials and secondaries,have light borders. These edgings are gray on the back and narrow, but are broader and becomewhite on the tips of secondaries; rump grayish white, each feather edged with a subterminal darkband. Tail pure ashy, tipped with a slightly darker border followed by a fine white edging. Sidesof the head, neck, and the under side of the throat and neck dull grayish ashy, thickly streakedwith a narrow dark shaft-line on each feather. The grayish becomes darkest on the breast, wherethe streaking changes to white in the center with a border, the division between the twocolors being marked by a fine dark line inclosing the white. Abdomen grayish white; sides offlanks pale fulvous ashy, transversely barred
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