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bright light red, shading off into pale yellow near the light red nail; 

 terminal half of the lower mandi])le pale greyish yellow, upper edge 

 near the base of a dusky red ; pouch gamboge-yellow ; tarsus and toes 

 pale pinkish straw-yellow ; webs greyish yellow (S. Do'uj). 



The female has a full crest composed of long, narrow, pointed 

 feathers directed backward, the longest measuring from four to 

 five inches. 



Colours of the soft parts very similar to those of the male. 



The differences between this species and the following, P. roseiis, 

 have been stated above. 



Typical examples of P. onocrotalus measure : — 



Total length. Culm. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. in. 



Adult male. Antioch 17-7 285 55* 



[Adult female.] Dobrudscha abt. 72-0 16-3 27'0 7-8 5-1 



Adult female. A.strakan abt. 70-0 18-0 28-5 8-2 5-6 



[Adult female.] [Senegal] 17-7 29-5 * 



[Adult male.] Lake Shirwa ... abt. 66-0 17-3 27-0 7-6 (im- 52 



perfect). 



[Adult male.] Lake Shirwa ... abt. 73-0 17-0 26-0 8-7 5-5 



* Paris Museum. 

 Intermediate examples between P. onocrotalus and P. roseus measure : — 

 Total length. Culm. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



Several adult Eastern Narra... 72-0 15-25-17-25 28-5 8-0 5-5-5-75 



males. 

 Several adult Eastern Narra... 60-0 12-2o-13-5 24-0-26-3 7-0-8-0 4-5 



females. 

 Nearly adult Fao, Persian abt. SO'O 13'3 In moult. 7-8 5-0 



male. Gulf. 



Typical examples of P. roseus measure : — 



Total length. Culm. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



Several adult Pegu 62-0 14-0-15-8 28-0 S'O 5-5 



males. 



Several adult Pegu 54-0 10-8-120 25-0 7-0 4-5 



females. 



Yoimg bird (half in down). General colour dull rufous-brown ; 

 the head, neck, breast, and underparts in down ; the mane partially 

 represented by erect downy feathers ; wing-coverts, back, and 

 scapulars pale rufous-brown, the latter mixed with grey ; primary- 

 quills black ; secondaries ash-brown, becoming ash-grey on the 

 innermost secondaries. Culmen 6*9 inches. 



YouiKj in first plumage. Crest not more than half an inch long, 

 composed of soft loose feathers ; a line of similar feathers down 

 the hind-neck ; head and neck white, tinged with rust- colour; the 

 whole lower plumage rust-colour ; upper plumage dingy white, 

 the middles of the feathers darker ; tail dark brown ; winglet 

 blackish ; primaries black with white shafts ; outer secondaries 

 ash-brown , scapulars and inner secondaries dark brown ; lesser 

 and median wing-coverts brown ; greater coverts ash-brown ; under 

 wing-coverts brown, edged with whitish brown ; no indication of 

 a breasl^patch. Culmen 12 inches. 



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