546 Mr. G. L. Bates on the Reversed [Ibis, 



Himantornis hcematopus *. Two specimens examined, 

 Nos. 5559 & 5859. 



Major under coverts presumably corresponding in mimber 

 to the remiges ; that is, ten on the manus and twelve on the 

 cubitus. Overlap contrary excepting two or three long 

 coverts on the cubitus near the elbow-joint, which have the 

 conforming overlap. 



Median coverts not very small, present on the cubitus 

 with one also on the manus. As to the overlap of these, 

 the note on the first specimen is, " distal portion contrary 

 to the remiges, proximal portion conforming"; that on the 

 other specimen, "overlap contrary, as well as T could tell." 



Wing in both specimens eutaxic. 



Limnocorax niger. Three specimens examined, No. 5752, 

 and two others not saved. (Text-fig. 8.) 



Major under coverts corresponding in number, on the 

 manus, to the remiges, there being ten of each ; but in one 

 specimen a very minute soft feather or semi-plume was 

 found in the position o£ the remicle, and also a tiny 

 11th under covert. Overlap in all cases contrary, on both 

 cubitus and manus. 



Row of median under coverts very incomplete, but the 

 number present varying somewhat in the different specimens 

 and in the two wings of the same specimen. In one speci- 

 men, on one wing five median coverts were found, three on 

 the cubitus (the 1st, 2nd, and 7th), one at the carpal joint 

 and one very near it on the manus, and. a still smaller 

 number on the other wing ; in another specimen the num- 

 bers present were six on one wing and eight on the other, 

 the missing ones being those at the proximal end of the row, 

 and the one that should stand in front of and a little distal 

 from the 5th cubital major covert; in the note on the third 

 specimen no statement is made of the number of median 

 coverts present, but the absence of the 5th one on the 

 cubitus is noted, as in the other specimen, and the position 



* No better place was found to put the Rails than here ; but the 

 order of arrangement is not intended to be significant. 



