646 LARIDJE. 



this species by Kuhl, it is probable that the coronal cap 

 becomes restricted in size and lighter in colour as the bird 

 advances in age. 



The whole length is sixteen inches : from the carpal 

 joint to the end of the, longest wing-feather rather more 

 than twelve inches. The length of the naked portion of 

 the tibiae is rather more than half an inch ; of the tarsus 

 rather less than an inch and a half; length of the middle 

 toe, without the claw, about one inch and three-quarters. 



