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Longest tail feathers exceed No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 
Shorhostery. scteaeteels. F 1:85 2°5 0:2 0:8 
Parisi seer idk AO Need ea be 4:15 3°9 4°3 4:0 
Foot, greatest length, .... 5°6 55 5-0 5:0 
& Pe width,.... 4:3 4:0 4:0 4:1 
Wich: tab. ae sree ieee: 2°5 20 2:25 20 
Its claw, along curve,.... 1:37 106: ) (5-25n) Fakes 
hind toes is Vane. Seadaces 1:0 125 0-87 0:87 
Its claw, along curve, .... 1:15 1-25 15 1:25 
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Its claw, along curve, .... Tai Esl (3) 21 
Bill, straight from edge of 
cere to point, ...6 sce 1°35 1:32 14 1:32 
», along curve, ditto, ... 1:56 1:5b") 163 15 
bye APO OGIOs, aus idseieibie 2°12 1:9 1°96 1°9 
»» Width at gape,...... 1:32 1:2 3" bike 
» height at margin of 
GEES. aba stinks a 0:7 0°62 0-7 0°65 
Length of cere, ........ 0-4 . 0°32) °0:55, | 0-82 
Closed wings fall short of 
end af fail, 20.3 2°3 2°5 3°3 2°59 
Lower tail coverts fall short 
(RICE OS ere Pee ea 6:2 O75 6-4 5:4 
The colouring of the soft parts was as follows : Irides, 
intense yellow ; cere, skin of lores and gape, bright, or in some, 
dingy lemon yellow ; legs and feet, pale dingy yellow. Claws, 
black. Bill, slaty, or pale plumbeous at base, bluish black at 
tips and on culmen. 
Though common near the foot of the hills, this species is rare 
in the plains of India; Mr Brooks mentions having shot it in 
the Baidar jungles and near the Sirsa station, of the Hast 
Indian Railway. He shot one too in the Etawah district, near 
the canal; and Mr. Carleylle, the curator of the Riddell Museum, 
Agra, shot one at asmall tank below the museum; but in the 
course of twenty years, I have myself never met with one in the 
plains of India, a hundred miles distant from the foot of the hills. 
Of the specimen referred to, Mr. Carleylle sent me the fol- 
lowing very full* description. ‘ Male, shot March Ist, 1868. 
Greatest length of feathers of crest, 3+ inches. The wings 
reach to within two inches of the end of the tail. Upper sur- 
face of the feathers of the head and crest, jet black. Base 
of the feathers of the head and crest for about two-thirds of 
their length white. Feathers of occiput, also tipped narrowly 
* This may be useful for comparison with the alleged Borneo specimens. 
