BIRDS OF KERGUELEN ISLAND. 



CHI0]^1S MINOR, Sartl. 

 Lesser Sheath-bill. — " White Paddy" of whalers. 



Chionis minor, Hartlaub, Eev. Zool. 1842, pi. 2, f. 2. 



Gray & Mitch., Gen. of B. iii, 1849, pi. 136. 

 SCHLEGEL, Handl. Dierk. pi. 5j De Dier. fig. p. 232. 



List of specimens, wiih measurements. 



a ~ 

 o a 



to o 



a 



R 



n 

 O 









3 

 a 

 (-1 









s 







6 



a 



di 



o 



l-H 



Ilcm.arks. 



68956 

 68957 

 68955 



68958 



27 

 31 

 32 

 33 



67 

 127 

 146 

 203 



204 

 205 

 206 



232 



1874. 

 Oct. 12 

 Oct. 16 

 Oct. 16 

 Oct. 18 



Nov. 14 

 Dec. 5 

 Dec. 11 

 Dec. 29 



Deo. 29 

 Dec. 29 

 Dec. 29 



1875. 

 Jan. 4 



? 



d" 



cf(?)- 

 cf(?) 

 cfC?) 



?(?) 

 cTCO 

 ?(0 



15.50 

 14.00 

 15.00 



30. 50 

 29.00 

 31.00 



9.00 

 8.50 

 9.50 





1.50 

 1.35 

 1.50 



1.35 

 1.65 

 1.60 



2.00 

 1.85 

 1.80 



1.85 

 1.60 

 1.60 



0. .50 

 0.45 



Skin. 



Do. 

 Skin -with sternum. 

 Disemboweled and 



in filcohol. 

 Skin. 

 Alcohol. 



Do. 

 Alcohol and car- 

 bolic acid. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Sternum of 2To. 32. 



15.75 

 15.00 

 14.50 

 16.50 



15.25 

 15.50 

 15.75 



32.00 

 30.00 

 29.00 

 30.50 



29.15 

 29.85 



28.85 



9.35 

 9.00 

 8.50 

 9.00 



8.85 

 8.85 

 8.50 



i'es" 



1.50 

 1.45 



1.75 



1.75 

 1.65 

 1.75 



1.85 



1.75 

 1.75 

 1.75 



1.60 

 1.55 

 1.50 

 1.75 



1.65 

 1.55 

 1.65 



0.40 

 0.50 

 0.50 

 0.50 



0.50 

 0.45 

 0.50 



4.85 



4.50 

 4.75 

 4. 75 



1.50 



1.35 

 1.35 

 1.35 



1.65 

 1.65 

 1.75 























Bill black and conical. On its upper surface a hood-shaped horny 

 sheath, turned upward at its extremity, and not at all " erectile" so far 

 as my observation extends (see Cuvier, An. King., CJiionis necropJiaga). 

 This sheath measures from. 0.45 to 0.85 in different individuals, being 

 rather larger in the male than in the female. The nostrils are separate 

 and of large aperture. 



Eyelids pale-pink, whence the CMonis is often called by the sealers the 

 " sore-eyed pigeon ". A black caruncle extends from the base of the 

 sheath upward to the front of the eye, both in males and females 5 more 

 prominent in the former, and especially after the birds have paired. 



Iris purplish-black. 



Body entirely pure white. A scaly, black, blunt spine projects from 

 the carpal joint of the wing (in the male) 0.35 to 0.40. In the female, 

 this spur is represented only by a small knob, which is flesh-colored. 



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