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inches, is pale grey ; the rest of the loAver parts silvery white, 

 but the sides marked with dusky. The same parts of the 

 wins: are white as in the adult. In a male in this state, shot 

 in December, 1838, the oesophagus was eight inches long ; 

 the proventricular part an inch and a quarter ; the stomach 

 broadly elliptical, an inch and three-fourths in length, an 

 inch and a-half in breadth ; its walls moderately muscular ; 

 the intestine three feet four inches long ; the coeca two inches 

 and a quarter. 



Remarks. — A curious mistake has been made by Mr. 

 .Jenyns in describing the young. He says : — '* Throat and 

 cheeks pure white \ a narroAV line of the same colour extends 

 from behind the ears on each side to the back of the head." 

 This arises from M. Temminck's having said, " le blanc pur 

 de la gorge s'etend au-dessous des yeux en ligne horizontale, 

 et te dirige jusque tres en arriere sur I'occiput ;" w^hich is 

 correct, only when thus translated : the pure white of the 

 throat extends over the cheeks in a horizontal direction, and 

 proceeds very far back on the nape, leaving but a narrow 

 band of dusky in the middle of that part. 



