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Fuscis ; nuchd, et corpore subtis saturate cinereis ; dorso, alisque 
cinnamomino-fuscis ; tectricibus caude, crissoque saturate casta- 
neis ; pedibus permagnis. 
Head and crest very deep cinnamon-brown ; back of the neck and 
all the under surface very dark grey; back and wings cinnamon- 
brown; upper and under tail-coverts dark chestnut-brown; tail 
blackish brown; irides generally dark brown, but in some specimens 
light reddish brown; bill reddish brown, with yellow edges; tarsi 
and feet bright orange, the scales on the front of the tarsi, from the 
fourth downwards, and the scales of the toes dark reddish brown. 
Total length from 15 to 17 inches; bill from 1} to 14; wing from 
94 to 10; tail from 4 to 44; tarsi from 25 to af 
“Hab. Cobourg Peninsula, on the north coast of Australia. 
