80 nEEOisr. 



they are destitute of the plume, and of the elongated feathers 

 on the front of the neck. The bill has the upper mandible 

 greenish or blackish brown, the lower one greenish yellow. 

 Head, crown, neck, and nape, ash-colour; throat and neck in 

 front, ash-colour, with dull dusky grey streaks; back, grey, 

 with tinges of brown. The legs above the knee, greenish 

 yellow, below, and the toes, pale brown, tinged with yellow, 

 or else grey. 



They do not attain the full plumage till the end of the 

 second year. 



The plate is from a design by the E,ev. B,. P. Alington. I 

 will thank any one to shew me a better. 



