Supplement to " The Ediu." 1 I 



Bill 2. J inches ; eye-space yellow. 



P. liypoJciicus (Pied Cormorant). 



98. Bill pointed . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 



Bill strongly hooked. Fregata. Frigate-Birds. 104 



99. Tail wedge-shaped (young mostlj- brown). . . Sula. Gannets. 100 

 Tail with two long centre feathers. Phaf:tox. Tropic-Birds. 103 



100. Plumage mostly white ; head freckled brown in youth . . . . loi 



Upper surface, neck, and chest sooty-brown ; breast and abdomen 

 white. 5. sulci (Brown Gannet). 



loi. Feathers of head and neck white . . . . . . . , 102 



Feathers of head and neck yellowish-buff : throat naked for 2 inches. 



5. serrator (Gannet). 



102. Primaries and secondaries of wing and tail brown ; legs greenish. 



S. cycDiops (Masked Gannet). 

 Outer webs flight feathers grey or black ; tail white ; legs ver- 

 milion. 5. piscator (Red-legged Gannet). 



103. Outer webs of primaries white ; long tail feathers carmine. 



P. rithricauda (Red-tailed Tropic-Bird). 

 Outer webs primaries black, tipped white; tail feathers whitish. 



P. lepturits (White-tailed Tropic-Bird). 



104. White patch on black flank (male) or white collar (female). 



F. arid (Lesser Frigate-Bird). 

 No white on flank (male) ; or no collar, breast and sides white (female). 



F. aquila (Frigate-Bird). 



105. Without hind toes . . . . . . . . . . 106 



With hind toes very small or much developed . . . . 130 



106. Thick-set birds living in grass or scrub ; legs yellow. 



TURNIX. BUSTARD-OUAILS. I07 



Long-legged birds about seashore, swamp, or plain .. .. 112 



107. More than 7 inches in length . . . . . . . . 108 



Less than 7 inches in length . . . . . . . . no 



108. Shank not longer than middle toe and claw . . . . . . 109 



Shank longer than middle toe and claw; chest buft' (male) or collar 



rufous (female). T. maculosa (Red-backed Quail). 



109. Chest whitish, with subterminal black mark to feathers (male), or 



black, many feathers terminated white (female). 



T. melanogaster (Black-breasted Quail). 



Chest buff, irregularly marked grey (male), or with pale shaft 



streaks (female). T. varia (Painted Quail). 



no. Chest grey or rufous ; feathers round eye black . . . . in 



Chest and feathers round eye light red. T. velox (Little Quail). 



111. Chest grey; upper surface uniform light red. 



T. castano}iota (Chestnut-backed Quail). 

 Chest rufous : upper surface barred. 



T. pyrrliothorax (Red-chested Quail). 



112. Total length 18 inches or over . . . . . . . . 113 



Total length less than 18 inches . . . . . . . . 117 



113. About 4 feet in length. 



Eupodoiis australis (Bustard or Wild Turkey). 

 Length 18 to 24 inches . . . . . . . . . . 114 



