PANDIO^^. 



71 



towavJs the base ; under surface of the tail ashy white, tips of 

 the feathers ashy mavgiued with white ; bill black ; legs and feet 

 lead-blue ; iris yellow. Total length 25-5, wing 20", tail 9, tarsus 

 2-5, bill 17*, from nostril 1-2, oulmen 1-95. 



Ohs. — In some specimens, apparently fully adult, the whole of 

 the breast, chest, and sides of the neck are strongly mottled with 

 brown, and the feathers centred with a blackisli stripe; the 

 under wing-coverts are barred with brown ; the scapulars, upper 

 wing-coverts, and quills scarcely if at all margined with white ; in 

 others the whole of the head and neck, except the ear-coverts and 

 sides of the neck immediately behind them, is white, without any 

 browii markings, and the dull brown on the chest takes no 

 definite form, but is for the most part darkest on the centre of 

 the feathers. 



JIahitaf.—The coastal districts of Australia and Tasmania, 

 New Guinea, Celebes, ]S"ew Britain, Solomon Islands. 



Measurements of average-sized specimens from different localities. 



A 1 2 ad. sk. 



A 2 5^ ad. sk. 



A 3 <y ad. sk. 



A 4 2 ad. sk. ,, 



B 1 $ semi-ad. sk. New South Wales 



King George's Sound, West Australia. 

 Eraser's Island, Queensland. 



Col. 

 Col. 

 Col. 

 Col. 

 Pres. 



* The length of the bill varies considerably, soma specimens, measured from the anterior 

 margin of the cere, bcins' only 1-2, others I'SS. 



