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near the new village Garmaklitaj about 49^° N. and 134.|° E. 

 of Greenur, ou the 13th of August, 1910 (new style). 



The colours of soft parts and the dimensions in the flesh 

 are recorded thus by Mr. Kornilaev; — " Bill dark grey along 

 the culraen, sides of bill and mandible red. Iris grey. 

 Feet cinnabar- red, with dark yellowish webs. Length 

 670 mm., expanse of wings 750 ; the wings fall short of the 

 tail by 93 mm." 



Other dimensions, taken by me from the skin, are : wing 

 230 mm., tail (very much worn) 110 ; tarsus 44'"5 ; middle toe 

 with claw 61 ; bill along the exposed culmen 57 and from the 

 fore end of the nostrils 36, height at base 15*3 mm. 



From the fore end of the nostrils to the tip, each side, of 

 the maxilla, there are 19 teeth-like lamcllfe, as in M. serrator. 



The specimen seems to be quite mature and to be assuming 

 its fresh winter-garb. The mantle is glossy black, but there 

 are numerous okl feathers of a dark leaden grey with a some- 

 what brownish tinge. The lower back and rump are ashy 

 grey and shew two broad dark concentric bars with white 

 interspaces on each feather, giving this part a coarse scaly 

 appearance. Most of the feathers have a dark shaft-stripe 

 on the basal half. Wings coloured just as in the male 

 M, serrator, the broad white mirror being divided into three 

 by two broad black transverse bands. There are dark bases 

 to the secondaries and their larger coverts. 



The upper parts of the neck and head are olive-brown, with 

 an occipital crest about 50 mm. long. This colour becomes 

 rufous brown on the under surface of the head and on the 

 two adjoining thirds of the neck. The lower throat, chest 

 and breast, flanks and under tail-coverts are white, with two 

 (three on the flanks) coarse dark concentric bars (each about 

 1^ to 3 mm. broad) on each feather. The remaining parts 

 of the under side, including the breast, wing-linings, and 

 axillaries, are white. All the Avhite parts in this skin, 

 which is still quite soft, have a beautiful intense pinkish 

 tinge. 



It seems quite probable that this bird may breed in the 

 Khabarovsk district, going in the winter to Inner China. 



