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of this hybrid, of which, indeed, but few have hitherto 

 been met with. Both sexes have in a marked manner 

 the main characteristics of their parents. The male is 

 some eighteen inches in length, of which the tail forms 

 six inches, and for its plumage in winter I refer the 

 reader to the accompanying illustration, which Avill give 

 him a far better idea of the bird then any written 

 description of mine. As yet, I believe, no specimen of 

 either male or female has been obtained in the summer 

 plumage, and it is therefore not known whether, as with 

 the Kipa, it moults twice at least within the year, or only 

 once as with the Black-Cock. Nothing seems as yet to 

 be ascertained regarding the habits of the Rip-Orre. 



