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ditto. The central tail feathers are black shafted for 0*58 

 from the tip, then white shafted for 7'08, and the rest towards 

 the base is black shafted. 



15th April, Chestmtt-plumaged Male. — Length, 17*75; ex- 

 panse, 11*08; wing, 3*83 ; tail from vent, 13*0; tarsus, 0*62; 

 bill from gape, 1*08; bill at front, - 62; closed wings fall 

 short of end of tail, 11*33 ; central tail feathers exceed others, 

 8*62 ; weight, 0*75 oz. Bill and eyelids cobalt blue ; legs 

 lavender bine ; no black on shafts of central tail feathers. 



\5th April, White-plumaged Male. — Length, 10*42; ex- 

 panse, 10*75; wing, 3*62 ; tail from vent, 5*80; tarsus, 0*58 ; 

 bill from gape, 1*10 ; bill at front, 063 ; closed wings fall short 

 of end of tail, 4*33 ; central tail feathers exceed others, 

 1*0 ; weight, 0*75 oz. Bill and legs cobalt blue; eyelids ditto ; 

 central tail feathers have the tip black shafted for 1*0, then 

 white for 0'58, and the rest black. 



\hth April, Female. — Length, 8*58; expanse, 10*50; wing, 

 3*33 ; tail from vent, 4*16 ; tarsus, 062 ; bill from gape, 1*04 ; 

 bill at front, 0*66 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 2*83 ; 

 central tail feathers exceed others, 0*25 ; weight, 0*75 oz. Bill 

 and eyelids cobalt blue ; legs lavender blue ; irides dark brown ; 

 no black on shafts of tail feathers, but the bases of the tail 

 leather shafts for about 1\ inch are much lighter coloured 

 than the rest. 



Iftth April, Female. — Length, 10*58; expanse, 10*58; wing, 

 3*66 ; tail from vent, 0*10 ; tarsus, 0*60 ; bill from gape, 0*96 ; 

 bill at front, 0*50 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 4*58 ; 

 central tail feathers exceed others, 2*10 ; weight, 0*62 oz. Bill 

 and eyelids, inky blue ; legs lavender blue. 



\Qtk April, White-plumaged Male. — Length, 13*75; ex- 

 panse, 1083 ; wing, 366 ; tail from vent, 9*0 ; tarsus, 0*6.2 ; 

 bill from gape, 1*04; bill at front, 0*66; closed wiugs fall 

 short of end of tail, 7*50 ; central tail feathers exceed others, 

 366; weight, 0*75. Bill and eyelids cobalt blue; legs lavender 

 blue ; central tail feathers black shafted 058 from tip, then 

 white for 1*25, rest black. 



2 it h April, Female. — Length, 850; expanse, 10*25; wing, 

 3*42; tail from vent, 4" 10 ; tarsus, 0*66; bill from gape, 1*04; 

 bill at front, 0*56 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 

 275; central tail feathers exceed others, 0'25 ; weight, 062 oz. 

 No black on tail feather shafts ; bill cobalt blue ; tip horny ; 

 legs lavender blue ; irides dark brown; mouth, inside yellow; 

 ovaries very minute. 



2oth April, Chestnut Male. — Length, 190; expanse, 10*50; 

 wing, 3"54; tail from vent, 14*50; tarsus, 060; bill from 

 gape, 1*08; bill at front, 0*66; closed wings fall short of end 



