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Fig. 95. 



7"' 



HalobcBna cceridea. Profile of head. From 

 material in the British Museum. Natural size. 



Halobana cceridea. Head from above. 

 From material in the British Museum. 

 Natural size. 



General description. 



Size. Adult. — Total length, about 11 inches. 



Wing, 8.5 inches. 



Tail, 3.6 inches. 



Bill, 1.4 inches. 



Tarsus, 1.3 inches. 



Color. Adult. — General color above, clear greyish blue, darkest on 

 the crown, the nape, scapulars and lesser wing coverts ; below white, 

 except the sides of the breast which are ashy blue. 



Head : Rather dark greyish blue. The middle feathers of the forehead 

 are ashy blue broadly tipped with white, and the rest of the forehead 

 white. There is a suggestion of a white superciliary streak not extending 

 behind the eyes however. The cheeks and auriculars white. 



Neck : Ashy blue above and pure white below. 



Back : Clear pale ashy blue. 



Wings : Darker ashy blue, the scapulars tipped with white ; primaries, 

 outer webs ashy blue, inner webs whitish. 



Tail : Outer rectrix white, the two next ashy blue, with white bases to 

 the inner webs, the three next ashy blue with white tips. This is widest 



