STKAY NOTES ON JililDS. 71 



gun as they flew away overhead. One, that was only 

 wounded, faced him and kept clapping its mandibles at him 

 as he approached, producing a rattling sound. 



He brought all to me. The measurements were as follows : 



a. Male — Length iu flesh 5 ft. 9^ in., wing 2 ft. 3| in., tarsus 5*5 in., 

 ciilmen (to external base of horny sheath) 15-9 in,, tail 8*5 in. 



b. Male — Lenglh in flesh just G ft., wing 2 ft. 4 in., tarsus 5-25 in., 

 culmen 17"1, tail 9'7o. 



c. Female — Length in flesli exactly 5 ft., wing 24-75 in., tarsus 5, 

 culmen 12*3. 



«'s weight (a fraction under 1^\ lbs.) was greater than 6's 

 (17"25 lbs.) iu spite of the latter's larger measurements. 



Colouration. — The beautiful pink flush on the concealed 

 portions of the feathers w^as by far the strongest in the 

 smallest bird — the female — " c/' In eacli case there was a 

 good deal of red on the inside of the upper mandible. The 

 colours of the soft parts, outside, were as follows : 



Pouch, gamboge in '^ a " and " b '^ with a dash of naples 

 yellow in it ; in " c '' pale, whitish naples, tinged with lemon. 

 Bill — much like the effect of red and blue pencil ; the midrib 

 blue^ and a long sharp-pointed wedge of blue running out 

 from the base at each side of the upper mandible ; lower 

 mandible blue, the whole commissure of both mandibles red 

 and the rest of the upper mandible red. Roughly, upper 

 one red with blue midrib and wedges, lower one blue with 

 red commissure. This applies to " a^' and " c," though the 

 colours were somewhat paler and duller in the latter; "b" 

 the same, except that the red of the upper mandible was 

 yellower in juxtiposition with the midrib. 



Pouch-capacity. — I judged that the pouch of ''a"" might 

 hold eight or a dozen pints of water ; I measured the capacity 

 with a half-pint cup ; it held no fewer than eighty of these 

 cups — that is. Jive (jallons — and it would have taken another 

 cupful at least to make it overflow. I emptied from "a's^' 

 pouch into " b's '"^ and had to add nearly three pints more to 

 bring the latter to overflowing point. When full, the lower 

 mandible and pouch assumed a broad, deep boat-shape_, and 

 I was able, with assistance, to pick up the bird and carry it 



