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description with a representatiou of the specimen to which he 

 referred ; and this places its identity beyond a doubt. It may 

 here be convenient to notice the figm'es which have ah'eady been 

 pubhshed of this very remarkable bird. Commencing with that 

 of Thunberg in 181G, Mr. Pearson's is next in order of date. 

 A thii'd was given by Lafresnaye in the ' Revue Zoologique' for 

 1842, to illustrate a valuable notice of the bird by Dr. Hartlaub, 

 which had appeared in the same journal the same year^. 

 These three figures are little more than outlines, and afford no 

 idea of the distribution of colour. In 1849 Mr. G. H. Gray 

 published his valuable ' Genera of Birds/ and here for the first 

 time we find a well-executed plate by Mitchell of Eurynorkynchus 

 pygmceus in the winter plumage. Reichenbach in the same year 

 engraved the head and bill in his work as above quoted ; while the 

 latest figure, so far as I am aware, is that given by Prof. Schlegel 

 in the plates to his ' Handleiding.' 



Since these illustrations have all been taken from specimens 

 in the winter plumage, and as the nuptial dress has never yet 

 been figured, the accompanying plate (Plate XII.), it is believed. 



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will be very acceptable to ornithologists, while the woodcuts of 

 the bill, from sketches made from a freshly-killed bird by 

 Mr. Swinhoe (Ibis, 1867, pp. 234, 235), will convey an accurate 

 idea of its singular proportions. The specimen from which 

 the plate is drawn by Mr, J. G. Keulemans was obtained in 

 Behring's Straits, on one of the Arcnie expeditions, under Capt. 



* This figure is stated to have been copied from an original drawing 

 by Natterer of the type-specimen at Upsala. 



