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carefully sexing them and arriving at conclusions, if 

 possible, in regard to their sexual differences in plumage. 

 Here also we saw whole pigs frozen hard, chopped up 

 with an axe into joints as required, and an immense 

 variety of fish, flesh, fowl. Hares, Eoedeer, Hazel Grouse, 



B. 4. Ampelisgarrulus ^ J. Wax small. None on plain 

 secondaries. Eudiments very slight on tail. 



B. 5. Ditto S V. Wax large. On plain secondaries. 

 Eudiments on tail. Central tail feathers with 

 Wax. Upper tail coverts dark chestnut. 



S. 6. Ditto 3 y. Wax large. On plain secondaries. 

 Eudiments on tail. Upper tail coverts dark 

 chestnut. 



B. 7. Ditto 8 I. Wax small. None on plain second- 

 aries. On tail. Upper tail coverts dark 

 chestnut. 

 Besides the above seven specimens we sexed three 



more, all also males. The following is a description of 



these three: — 



A. 3 I. Wax small. None on plain second- 

 aries. None on tail. Upper tail coverts 

 dark chestnut. 



B. 3 V. Wax large. None on plain second- 

 aries. None on tail. Upper tail coverts 

 dark chestnut. 



c. 3 V. Wax large. None on plain second- 

 aries. None on tail. Upper tail coverts 

 dark chestnut. 

 Of the above ten specimens all are 3 's, and all have 

 the upper tail coverts dark chestnut. Some, the younger 

 males, have simple I. marks on the primaries, others 

 have the J. marks (or the I. marks beginning to return), 

 and the very old birds with the V., or fully-returned white, 

 on the primaries. We await a series of $ 's for comparison. 



