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lighter than the rest ; the portions on each side of mid-rib are of 
a blood red color with splashes of pale gamboge yellow, especi- 
ally towards base and tip; the edges of upper mandible are 
of a continuous deep blood red, those of lower mandible near 
base are of a deep dusky red; nail of upper mandible of 
a deep blood red, pale at tip and base ; that of lower mandible 
a pale red. The mid-rib is now raised fully ~>th of an inch 
over the rest of upper mandible. 
Pouch as a rule of young birds is of a pale greyish yellow, 
gradually changing into a pale lemon yellow and finally into a 
deep gamboge yellow. But I have shot some young birds with 
the pouch of nearly as deep a yellow as that ofthe adult bird. 
Tarsus, toes and webs, first year bird, are of a purplish leaden 
color, duskier towards the claws. 
Second year bird.—The portion of leg above the knee first 
changes into a pale lemon yellow, the tarsus getting of a 
dusky yellow, lighter at back and darker at front, while the 
toes and webs increase in duskiness towards the claws. By 
degrees the dusky color disappears from the tarsus, leaving 
it of a pale yellow with generally a few of the scales in front 
of a dusky purple; the toes undergo a similar change, while 
the webs become of a greyish yellow, dusky towards the claws, 
Third year bird.—Above knee a lemon yellow ; tarsus and toes 
of a pale yellow with a warm pinkish yellow tinge in front ; webs 
of a pale lemon yellow. 
Claws in the young bird are dusky brown, gradually 
getting of a brownish yellow, and finally of a pale yellow. 
The claws appear to be the last to change, often bein 
dusky yellow, with brown blotches in the young adult. The 
mid toe is pectinated, being more serrated in the young 
bird than in the old one. 
Scapulars, wing-coverts, winglet and tail are in the young 
bird of a dirty pale brown. In the second year bird these 
change toa pure white, except one or two feathers of the 
scapulars, which retain a dark brown edging ; also the wing- 
let, which is nearly black with a few streaks of white in the 
third year bird, or rather in the full adult, all have become pure 
white with a delicate pink tinge. This pink tinge also occurs in 
the second year. In one specimen, No. _, all the above are 
whit@ with a pink tinge, except one winglet, which still retains a 
black feather. 
Primaries, the second of which is the longest, are in the 
young bird of a dusky brown, getting deep brown or black in 
the adult, with the tips frosted over with a silvery grey. 
The shafts are white brown at tip. Perhaps in the nestling 
they are all brown. 
Secondaries are in young bird of a dirty pale brown, in 
the middle-aged they are deep brown, and in the adult almost 
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