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shorter, the 2nd 1:00 to 2°15, and the 3rd nil to 0°78, shorter. Central 
tail feathers 1:00, to 2:29, shorter than external ones. 
Description.—The legs and feet are yellow; wax yellow, in the old birds 
and pale lemon yellow in somewhat younger ones; very pale greenish grey 
in young ones. The claws are black. Ivides are brown ; yellowish brown 
in some, pale brown in others, and deep brown in others. The bill is 
black, or blackish horny. The cere and gape in the old bird yellow, in 
younger birds the cere and gape are greenish grey, and in others again the . 
lower mandible, cere and gape are horny brown. 
Plumage.—(I have not sufficiently worked out the different stages of | 
plumage, but there are two leading types.) 
Ist,—Fully adult. The whole of the top of the head, back and sides of 
the neck, dingy wood or pale umber brown; the feathers with an exces- 
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