196 
Bill, from gape FA ow 8 eens Q49 B13 
» Width at gape _,, ers Cras 1:38 1:56 
Height at front, at edge of cere, BAI dated) OOS OSL 0-75 
Length of cere only, By See bs! h Ope 075 O71 
Lower tail coverts fall short of end of 
tail by 5°25 50 58 
Wings, Bee ‘closed, “fall short of end of 
al hy ese Pate ee cis wets See's Mee ei ra 2°95 30 
In all these, the feet were pale, dingy, w(t brown, with a 
tinge of yellow, most distinct on the first joint of the mid toe. 
Five, or rarely four, large transverse scute at the end of the 
inner, hind, and mid toes: three, or rarely four of these on the 
end of the exterior toe. Claws, black. Irides, in some bright yel- 
low, in the others brownish yellow ; orbits, greenish with small 
down-like white feathers ; edges of lids, fleshy plumbeous; eye- 
shelf dingy green or in some plumbeous ; ; bill, bluish gray at 
base, horny black or blackish brown towards the tips; cere and 
gape, pale dingy, or in some dingy yellow, bluish ‘about nos- 
trils. 
Plumage. No. 1, female, shot fromthe nest. Banks of Chum- 
bal, Mohwa Sonda, December 26th, 1866. The whole of the lores 
and portion under the eye densely clothed with tiny white feathers, 
the long naked black shafts of which, project like bristles. The 
forehead and the whole top of the head, rich dark brown, here 
and there slightly mottled with white owing to the white bases 
of the feathers showing through. <A few of the feathers of the 
hind head narrowly and inconspicuously margined with white. 
The whole of the back of the neck and upper back, dark brown, 
more or less mottled with white, owing to the tips only of the 
feathers being brown, and the white of the basal portions show- 
ing through. Scapulars dark brown, the longest ones darker and 
richer coloured. ‘lhe whole of the lesser coverts, and the greater 
coverts of the tertiaries and of a few of the secondaries, dark brown. 
Winglet, greater coverts of primaries, and of most of the second- 
aries, very dark, almost blackish, brown. ‘J*eathers under the 
winglet deep brown, tipped or mottled with white. Upper tail 
coverts very dark brown, some of the longest obscurely barred 
with greyish, and here and there some of the white of the basal 
portion of the feathers showing through. Tail feathers, dull grey, 
with a broad band of dusky at the tip, and several other nar- 
rower indistinct wavy bands, most clearly seen on the inner 
webs of all but the central feathers: Har coverts whitish, and 
tipped brown. Chin and throat pure white, a few only of the 
feathers with dark shafts. The whole of the breast and abdo- 
men, pure white; most of the feathers with a narrow, linear 
