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small roach are said to have been found in the 

 stomach of one.* 



The description of Mr. Haddon's bird, mentioned 



above, is as follows : The bill is bluish lead, the 



nail horny and white ; irides reddish brown ; from 



the base of the bill on each side to and under the 



eye is an irregular circular black patch; there is 



also a very narrow line of black over the eye ; the 



forehead, top of the head and some elongated 



feathers forming a crest at the back of the head, the 



neck all round, the breast and all the under parts, 



pure white ; on the back of the head immediately 



under the crest is a patch of black ; the back and a 



very distinct narrow streak reaching from the fore 



part of the back halfway down the sides of the breast 



are glossy black; rump and tail-coverts grey; tail 



grey, but darker; scapulars white; between the 



wing-coverts and the scapulars are some long black 



streaks; the lesser wing-coverts near the point of 



the wing black ; the rest white ; the greater coverts 



are black, tipped with white; the secondaries the 



same ; the primaries black, inclining to grey towards 



the tip ; the flanks and the back of the thighs to the 



tail-coverts white, minutely pencilled with black; 



from just under the fore part of the wing towards 



the belly are some narrowish black markings ; legs, 



toes and webs bluish and lead-grey. There was a 



* ' Zoologist ' for 1864, p. 8963. 



