39. FALCULIA. 145 



tail black ; wiug-coverts chestnut like the back, the greater series 

 black at base, chestnut at tip ; primary-coverts and all the quills 

 entirely black ; under taU-coverts chestnut ; at the gape a wattle, 

 " varying in tint from a clear yellow to a bright vermilion, being ap- 

 parently affected by physical conditions, such as the health of the 

 bird or the temperature of the weather ; bill and legs black ; irides 

 blackish brown " (BuUer). Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-35, 

 wing 3-8, tail 3-5, tarsus 1-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 7-8 inches, 

 culmen 1-35, wing 3-35, tail 3-1, tarsus l-3o. 



Foum/ male. Brown above and below, the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts dull chestnut, the back slightly marked with the same; 

 wing-coverts like the back, the median and greater coverts ex- 

 ternally chestnut ; underneath olivaceous brown ; under tail-coverts 

 chestnut. 



Hab. The same as that of the genus. 



a. Ad. sk. Bay of Islands, N. Z. Antarctic Expedition rC.l. 



b. cJ juv. sk. Tiapo, New Zealand, Dr. Bidler TP 1 



Sept. 1873. '- ■-'■ 



c. d. S 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Oapt. Stokes, R.N. TP 1 

 e. Ad. sk. New Zealand. '- -'' 



39. FALCULIA. 

 Falculia, Iskl. Geoff. St.-Hilaire, Mag. de Zool. 1836, pi. 49. F. pllhata. 

 Eanf/e. Confined to Madagascar. 



1. Falculia palliata. 



Falculia palliata, Isid. Geoffr. St.-Hilaire, Maq. de Zool. 183G, pi 49- 

 Meichenh. ii,jst. Av. pi. xli. fig. 3 ; id. Handh. Orn. p 32'' Taf 

 dcxm lig. 4097; Hartl. Faun. Mudag. p. ?&■ Schl. P. Z. 8.\mQ 



p. 188, pi. m. fig. 40; Gray, Haud-l. B. i. p. 105. 



Adult. Above black with a deep steel-blue gloss, the feathers 

 being edged with the latter colour, and having conspicuous white 

 basal markings, very plain on the disarrangement of the pluma<^e 

 especially on the lower back ; across the rump a band of <^revrsh' 

 white ; wings and tail entirely black, with somewhat more of a 

 greenish gloss ; all the rest of the plumage, including the head and 

 neck all round and the under surface pure white ; under win-- 

 coverts and axillaries white, the outermost and lower series of coverts 

 blackish, hke the inner lining of the quills, which are black below 

 with a small white spot at the base of the primaries. Total leno-th 

 9-5 inches, culmen 2-35, wing 6, tail 4*2, tarsus 1-25. " 



Hab. Madagascar. 



«• Ad.sk. Madagascar. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Madaffliscar. 



