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abdomen and the vent with a subterminal fulvous spot on 

 either side of the shaft ; centre of abdomen uniform earthy 

 brown , sides of breast dark glossy brown like the back , 

 with fulvous terminal edgings to most of the feathers, 

 flanks nearly uniform dark glossy brown , under tail- 

 coverts also dark glossy brown with broad lateral and 

 terminal edgings, and a distinct shaft-streak of a fulvous 

 color, under surface of tail-feathers like the under surface 

 of the quills. Upper mandible black, with an indication 

 of an orange-red tinge on either side of the horny tip, 

 which latter is rather large and strongly prolonged down- 

 ward, the edge and lower surface as well as the entire 

 lower mandible yellow; lamellae strongly developed, as 

 in Nettion castaneum (Eyt.), but by far not as strongly as 

 in Elasmonetta chlorotis (G. R. Gray) ; feet rather weak , 

 yellow. Wing 22 cm.; tail 8,3; tarsus 4; culmen from the 

 anterior angle of front 3,7 ; width on the broadest part 1,9. 

 The bird seems to me to be closely allied to Nettion 

 castaneum and Elasmonetta chlorotis , though it belongs un- 

 doubtedly to a quite different species on account of the 

 want of the dark brown round spots on the lower sur- 

 face, which are very characteristical in males and females 

 of both mentioned species. From the female of the first it 

 differs, moreover, in the white markings on the face and 

 especially the large white cross-bar which separates the 

 fore-neck from the chest, further in the want of the 

 broad white space on the greater wing-coverts, in the 

 want of the coppery gloss on the three central seconda- 

 ries , in the pale edgings and bars to the tail-feathers , 

 and in the much broader and stouter bill , which latter 

 character alone would be sufficient to distinguish both 

 species from each other. To Elasmonetta chlorotis our bird 

 shows some affinities in the presence of the white band 

 between fore-neck and chest, this band is, however, much 

 wider in our bird , the bill is much broader and stouter , 

 the lamellae are less strongly developed , and the whole 

 bird is much larger than the New Zealand species. 



Notes from tlie Leyden IVluseutxi , Vol. XVIII. 



