65 



below the black parts, where they are grey. The second- 

 aries are blackish brown towards the tip within the grey margins; 

 the tertiaries have more or less of blackish brown irregularly 

 disposed towards their tips; greater and lesser under wing 

 coverts, white. Tail, white, with a band of black near the 

 tip; upper tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, bright carmine 

 red. 



The female is a little smaller than the male, length, one 

 foot two inches. 



The young bird, in the first year, has the bill brownish, 

 pale at the base underneath; head, crown, neck on the back, 

 arid nape, greyish brown, with paler tips to the feathers; 

 throat and breast on the upper part, white, faintly tinged 

 with buff. Tertiaries, blackish brown, the tips paler. Legs 

 and toes, pale yellowish brown. 



VOJ. VIII. 



