BEARDED PINNOCK. 695 



the fourth with eleven scutella ; the claws moderately arched, 

 rather long, slender, much compressed, laterally grooved, acute. 

 The bill is short, somewhat conical, rather slender ; the upper 

 mandible with its dorsal line convexo-declinate, the sides con- 

 vex, the edges a little inflected about the middle, the tip nar- 

 row ; the lower mandible with the angle rather narrow, the 

 dorsal line very slightly convex, the edges considerably invo- 

 lute, the tip narrow. 



The tongue is slender, trigonal, tapering, flat above, sagit- 

 tate and papillate at the base, at the end obliquely truncate, 

 slit, with several thickish filaments, its length four and a half 

 twelfths. (Esophagus one inch two-twelfths long, inclined to 

 the right, with a distinct dilatation or crop a quarter of an 

 inch in width ; the proveutriculus bulbiform. Stomach a very 

 muscular gizzard, six and a half twelfths long, seven-twelfths 

 broad, obliquely placed, with the lateral muscles very promi- 

 nent, the epithelium dense, with broad rug?e, and of a yellowish 

 colour, the right muscle two-twelfths thick. Intestine only 

 five and a half twelfths long, of modei'ate width ; the coeca a 

 twelfth and a quarter long. In another individual, the oeso- 

 phagus an inch and three-fourths in length ; the stomach half 

 an inch long, seven-twelfths in breadth ; the intestine seven 

 inches and a quarter long. In another the intestine is eight 

 inches and three-fourths in length. The trachea as in the Pas- 

 serinae and Cantatores ; its rings sixty. 



The plumage is very soft and blended. The nostrils, which 

 are roundish, are concealed by soft reversed plumelets. From 

 the angle of the mouth on each side there proceeds downwards 

 a tuft of elongated lanceolate feathers. The wings are short, 

 convex, somewhat rounded ; the first quill very slender, taper- 

 ing, five-twelfths of an inch long ; the second three and a half 

 twelfths shorter than the third, which is slightly shorter than 

 the fourth ; the secondary quills of moderate breadth and 

 rounded. The tail is very long, much graduated, of twelve 

 slightly arched, weak, rounded feathers, of which the lateral 

 is an inch and ten-twelfths shorter than the longest. 



The bill is pale brownish-yellow ; the iris orange ; the i^cet 

 and claws black. The head and neck are of a delicate bluish- 



