560 Mr. G. L. Rates on the Reversed [Ibis, 



even appear to form a continuous series with them, being 

 quite different in colour and size. This was not the case in 

 the Trogon and the Broad-moutlicd Roller described just 

 before, for there the major coverts on the proximal part of 

 tlie manus and the median ones next to them on the cubitus 

 might easily be thought, from their appearance, to form 

 one series. 



Ispldhia lencogaster. Two specimens examined. Nos. 5529 



& 5583. (Text-fig. 11.) 

 Major under coverts present on the manus, ten in number; 

 on the cubitus tliey are reduced to mere down-feathers, in 



Text-figure 11. 



u 



Diagram of the under wing-coverts of Ispidina leucogaster, 

 the remiges only indicated. 



P-IO". Manual major u.w.c. 

 l''-12\ Cubital median u.w.c. 

 a. Carpal median u.w.c. 

 The cubital major u.w.c. are rudimentary and concealed 

 behind the other feathers. 



one bird without even shafts, in the other with slender 

 shafts. Wings eutaxic. Overlap on the manus contrary, 

 excepting, in the more carefully examined specimen, some 

 on the distal or tip end, numbering five on one wing and 

 only one on the other (the one shown in the figure), which 

 are conforming. 



Median under coverts present on the cubitus with one at 

 the carpal joint ; overlap contrary. 



