Sev e ra l o f tíre s e b ird s wore s e e n a t tb e E o n iii I s la n d s . M r . C o llie r em a rk s th a t “ th r e e w h ite
ta p e r in g fe a th e rs fo rm e d a c re s te d p lum e o n th e s e b ird s , b u t m an y we re s h o t w ith o u t th e c re s t T h e y
f re q u e n te d th e ro c k s o n th e s e a -sh o re . T h ey h a d o ne ccecum.”
Zool. Journ. vol. 4. p . 356.
1« ; vertice brunneo strigà mediana ru fa ; hrunneecenti ; rostro
Gula ,1b,d.. Callao, iu f „ s r „ ili» r , supri fortius, b.nnu.o stri.tum. D a rd , .capala, ium, alaramaaa p l u a , brunneo
u. a ed.o Intius n o t.b .; a.oppgia.a pullidò brunneum, sin, notis. supr. br.mn.re, . « .r i o ,. , pogonii. i „ „ „ i .
.u te „ o „ . pogonii. utrinqno. rufo n o t.tis; snbtù. p.llidè fosca, similiter n o ta » , T . c M , , , inferiore, bronn.o et mfo
m ,m ,o r .» P Im a a o.iltore. bmnnea, roto t a c i , » . Jteeirioe. r n » , fa.eii. eeptom brunnei. n o , ,» . „ e tiu .
qu.m m ifumenn. udhuc de.er.pti., b.si infrù rnfum. .nprS upiceque brunneum. P a d ,. ru6. Longitudo .™o™ 141 -
a /« , a carpo ad apicem remigis prim®, 8 | ; m i r i , 3 ; ta ri i, 2.
T h is b i r d m ay p ro v e to b e lo n g to N um . Hudsouicus, L a th .; b u t i t d iffe rs in so m a n y p a r tic u la r s
from th e figure a n d d e s c rip tio n g iv en by W ils o n o f th a t b ird , th a t I v e n tu re to k e e p i t s e p a r a te u n til
a n o p p o rtum ty o c cu rs o f m o re e x te n s iv e o umpurison. A t p r e s e n t w e h av e n o good sp e c im en o f
W ils o n ’s b ird to re fe r to.
N u m e n i u s b o r e a l i s . L a th .— P r . o f Musignano, Syn. p . 314. sp. 244.
Courlis demi-bec. Temm,, PI. Col. 381.
N u m e n i u s l o n g i e o s t e i s , Wils., Am. Orn. vol. 8. p . 2 3 . pi. 64, / . i .— P r . o f
Musignano, Syn. p . 314. sp. 242.
L im o s a f e d o a . Vieill.—P r . o f Musignano, Syn. j). 328. sp. 266.
Great marbled Godwit. Wils., Am. Orn. vol. 8. p . 30. pi. 5 6 ./. 4.
R e c u r v i r o s t r a o c c i d e n t a l i s . n .s . Zool. Journ. vol. 4. p.
Recurc. dorso medio, eorpore in fr a , fasci&que longitudinali alarum albis; capite coUoque supra, caudaque pallidissimi
griseis ; ic ap a ia rtii« alisque nigris.
Rostrum,pedesqne nigri. Remigum secundariarum apices alb»,fasciam efformantes. Alee infra,remigibus primariis
exeeptis, alb*. Longitudo corporii, 16; ro » iri,4 f; alee, a carpo ad apicem remigis prims, caudee,3 b ; ta r s i.S b .
PLA T E X II .
T h is b ird differs from o u r E u ro p e a n sp e c ie s , w h ich h a s n o t y e t, I b e lie v e , b e e n m e t with in
A m e ric a , in th e ab s en c e o f th e b la c k m a rk in g s on th e h e a d and n a p e ; a n d from th e In d ia n sp e c ie s,
R e cu rv iro stra oHentalis, by th e g rey ish c o lo u r in g o f th e h e ad an d u p p e r p a r t o f th e n e c k , a,s well a s by
Wit fa s c ia o n th e w in g s , a n d th e b la c k c o lo u r o f its leg s. I t w a s fo u n d a b u n d a n tly a t .San F ra n c is c o .
P h a l a r o p u s l o b a t u s . Lath., Ind. Orn. p. 776. sp. 2.
Tringa lobata. Linn., Syst. Nat. vol. \ . p . 249. sp. 8.
Phalaropus platyrhynchus. Temm., Man. p . 712.
Phalaropus fulicarius. P r . o f Musignano, Syn. p . 241. sp. 277.
Grey coot-footed Tringa. Edw., t. 308.
Red coot-footed Tringa. Id., 1 .142.
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