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small roach are said to have been found in the 
stomach of one.* 
The description of Mr. Haddon’s bird, mentioned 
above, is as follows:—The bill is bluish lead, the 
nail horny and white; irides reddish brown; from 
the base of the bill on each side to and under the 
eye is an irregular circular black patch; there is 
also a very narrow line of black over the eye; the 
forehead, top of the head and some elongated 
feathers forming a crest at the back of the head, the 
neck all round, the breast and all the under parts, 
pure white; on the back of the head immediately 
under the crest is a patch of black; the back and a 
very distinct narrow streak reaching from the fore 
part of the back half way down the sides of the breast 
are glossy black; rump and tail-coverts grey; tail 
srey, but darker; scapulars white; between the 
wing-coverts and the scapulars are some long black 
streaks; the lesser wing-coverts near the point of 
the wing black; the rest white; the greater coverts 
are black, tipped with white; the secondaries the 
same; the primaries black, inclining to grey towards 
the tip; the flanks and the back of the thighs to the 
tail-coverts white, minutely pencilled with black; 
from just under the fore part of the wing towards 
the belly are some narrowish black markings; legs, 
toes and webs bluish and lead-grey. There was a 
* § Zoologist’ for 1864, p. 8962, 
