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eye, extending to the ear, white, marked with crim- 

 son: the ear-feathers form a curve, beginning in the 

 centre of the black mark of the lower mandible, run- 

 ning along it, and rising above the ear, where it joins 

 the crest. In some I have observed the white tail- 

 feathers marked in the web with black at their base. 

 These birds in size are rather smaller than the first. 



Putteal Dimnase, with a double beak, or horn, 

 upon the upper mandible, over which it curves about 

 halfway, base hid in feathers; horn black, except at 

 the lower edge, near the point, which is brown ; the 

 upper mandible black in the middle, shaded off to 

 white at the point ; lower mandible the same, white 

 at the bottom, both serrated ; a small black projection 

 from the bottom of the lower mandible crested, cine- 

 reous, tinged with brown ; the feathers, from the eye 

 to an inch over the beak, iron-grey, dashed with 

 brown ; ear-feathers dark iron-grey, forming a curve 

 from the lower part of the eye, extending nearly a- 

 cross the head, under the crest; back grey ; neck the 

 same, much lighter; breast, belly, thighs, and covens 

 of the vent, white ; coverts of the tail, greyish brown; 

 scapulars, greater and lesser coverts of the wings, lead 

 colour ; primaries at the base of che web, black, then 

 dark grey, edged with white ; each primary white at 

 the end, near an inch; secondaries nearly the same; 

 tertial greyish brown ; under coverts of the wings, 

 white ; tail cuneiform, very long, two middle feathers 

 reddish brown, longer than the rest, which are ferru- 

 ginous, tipt with near an inch of white, above which 

 b a mark much larger, black ; eye, speculum black, 



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