102 SIRD A'AMES. [No. 29. 



bright orange and spreading over the sides of the bill in front ; 

 nail at end yellow ; lower mandible, or lower division of bill, 

 white shaded with orange in front, the nail yellow (like its fel- 

 low above). Eyes white or pearl-white with black pupil (the 

 female having dark eyes as in the case of species last de- 

 scribed). Legs and feet red, with joints blackish and webs pure 

 black ; that is to say, they may be briefly so described, but (as in 

 the case of preceding species, No. 28), the two sides of legs and 

 toes differ considerably, the outer surfaces being carmine red, 

 the inner orange with more or less carmine red tinge. 



No. 29. Female. 



Female. Sooty brown with lower surface of body gray ; no 

 patch on forehead or nape, but more or less whitish on sides 

 of head in blotches. Bill but slightly swollen about base, not 

 feathered so far forward on top, and uniformly dusky, or gray 

 very fully shaded with black. Legs and feet dull brownish yel- 

 low with dusky shading, the webs black. 



Young male. Much like female, but showing, often before 

 winter, some pinkish tinge at sides of bill in front. 



Measurements (highest and lowest of five freshly killed 

 birds) : length seventeen and a half to nineteen and a half inches ; 

 extent thirty and a half to thirty-two and a half inches. Weight 



