154 
Male. Female. 
From | To {| From| To 
Length, +3 a Le ... | 285 | 30° | 30:0 | 32°63 
Expanse, oa ces Shc | 69°0 | 76°0 | 70:0 | 85:0 
Wing, re ie cme ... | 20°75) 23:0 | 23°0 | 24:5 
Tail, sss s. bee | 106 | 1356 f 1200 1aG 
Tarsus, id ake ax ace 3°38} 4:0 3°75| 4°06 
Foot, greatest length, ... obs 5% 5'25| °6:0 6:0 6°63 
= 3 width, ... ves we 4°25) 50 50 5°75 
Mid toe, a a ay, con dog le eeCe, pelOel woe Gane ees 
Its claw, along curve, ... as ww] 2°25) SR a Gaede 
Hind toe, re ase nic Arse 10 S| [eS AOYe} esi 
Its claw, along curve, ... a 7 163) | 1-75) 8 U88i0 Bs 
Bill, including cere, straight, from forehead 
to point, ... ae e Be 2:03 | 9 Ol ol ee Lol eee 
Bill, including cere along curve from forehead 
to point, ... “A a wee ly SD ails Sek ea 
Bill, from gape, “eg Spc wet BLS Gs Fb) * als 
Width, at gape, fe bon a ah 2:25, 2°19) 2°44 
Height of bill at margin of cere, ... oe | OBL O97) O94). 1:0 
Length of cere on culmen, a3 dag 0°63; O81] 0°75) 0°88 
Distance by which other primaries fall) {Ist 4:0) 4°75) 50| 57 
short of 4th or 5th whichever i 2nd15} 2:0 15 2-0 
longest, ... tes oe ... J |8rd025| 05 0°44) 0°75 
Distance by which closed wings fall short 
of end of tail, ae Ba sae 0-2 225) 02 2°75 
Distance by which lower tail coverts, do., ... 40, 50 5:0 6°0 
Weight (in lbs.) Sit ae woe | ee 625) 875 
I now proceed to give full descriptions of the bird in various 
stages. 
Ist. What I take to be the earliest form of the First, or 
lineated stage. 
Male. Shot, January 7th. 
Description. Legs and feet, pale slightly greenish yellow,* four 
transverse scute (the 4th in one or two, partially divided) at the 
ends of all the toes, but the exterior, where there are only three ; 
claws black. 
Trides pale yellow, here and there, with a tinge of brownish ; 
bare shelf above eye, pale greenish grey ; margins of lids very 
pale yellowish, lids greyish white. 
* Dr. Bree lays stress upon the number of transverse sewf@ on the ends of 
the toes; it will he seen from this and subsequent descriptions that this is 
variable in the extreme, even in the two feet of the same bird, and can there- 
fore, in no way be relied upon, as a specific character. 
