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II.— Platalka .ma.jou (lide Schlcgel and Swiuhoe). 



III. — Platalea MA.JOR (from Blakistou's MSS.). 



Remarks. — (1) No black on "wiag; well developed crest; bill dark aud roiiyli, 

 yellow only at end. 



(2) All white with crest like Ibis [uippon] ; bill black, tip of upper mandible yel- 

 low ; bare skin on throat yellow. 



(3) Primaries partly black; shafts of primaries and scapulars black; slight ap- 

 pearance of crest. 



(4) Partly crested ; some of the qnill shafts partly black ; bill black except near 

 tip; bare skin on throat yellow. 



(5) Uncrested ; white wing; black rough bill. 



(0) All the primaries with more or less black, secondaries with black tips only; 

 bill straw color at tiji mottled with brown for about the middle two thirds; base 

 brown with yellow; beneath mottled brown and yellow with a few spots near the 

 tip approaching to liesh color. 



Mr. Jouy's descriptiou of the soft parts of the fresh bird obtained 

 by him in the Tokio market, January 1, 1883 (U. S. Nat. Mas. Xo, 9US5), 

 is as follows : 



Iris black, or dark brown. Bill: upper mandible dusky, horn color, mottled with 

 darker markings ; base bluish ; tip slightly lighter, with dull orange blotches on sides 

 and median ridge; a slight bluish reflection is more prominent on the lower third ol 

 the bill; lower mandible dusky; tip dull reddish, speckled all over with small red 

 spots: throat flesh color; cere dull bluish; lower lid dull grayish. Feet and legs 

 black. 



