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Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 184; Layard, Ibis, 1882, pp 495, 534- 

 Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 4, G44, 838, 1882, pp. 268, 270 ; Wialesw. 

 Abhandl. k. Zool. Mus. Dresden, no. vi. p. 5'J (1892), 



Adult male. General colour above light ashy gre)', shaded with 

 brown ; wing-coverts like the back, the outer ones freckled with 

 dusky brown ; bastard-wing feathers light ashy grey, freckled with 

 dusky, and tipped with white ; primaries ashy grey, with dusky 

 mottlings and freckles and obscure bands of dark ashy, the bands 

 near the base of the quills black ; the outer primaries with regular 

 black bands, mixed with chestnut near the base of the quills, which 

 are banded with white near their ends and also tipped with white ; 

 tail dark ashy grey ; head, sides of face, and neck ashy grey, with a 

 large crest of drooping plumes ; under surface of body pale ochra- 

 ceous isabelline, ashy grey on the fore neck and chest ; under wing- 

 coverts ashy grey barred with white, and resembling the quifi- 

 lining: "bill, legs, and feet reddish-orange colour" {G. Bennett). 

 Total length 22 inches, culmeu 2-4, wing about 10, tail 8-2, tarsus 

 4-1, middle toe and claw 2-3. 



Yoxmrj. Differs from the adult in being more rufous, the back, 

 wing-coverts, and inner secondaries being chestnut barred with 

 black ; sides of the body, flanks, and under tail-coverts banded with 

 dusky brown. 



Ilah. New Caledonia. 



a. Ad. St. New Caledonia. Purchased. 



b. Inim. St. New Caledonia. J. Goidd, Esq. 

 e. Skeleton. New Caledonia. Purchased. 



