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Samoa-, und Tonga-Inseln." It is highly probable that both of these 

 authorities based their statements upon Peale's original reference. 



FULICA ALAI, Peale [No. 67360]. 



Fulica alai, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped., 1848, Orn., 234, pi. Ixiii, f. 2. 

 Locality : Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. 



AISTATID^. 



CHAULELASMUS COUESI, Streets [Nos. 67324, 67325]. 



Chaulelasmus couesi, Streets, Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, vol. i. No. 

 2, 46. 



Bill nearly as long as the head, about as deep as broad at the base, 

 depressed anteriorly, sides nearly parallel, converging slightly toward 

 the base; tip rounded, and unguis abruptly curved ; frontal angle short 

 and obtuse ; dorsal line at first sloping — rather more so than in C. strepe- 

 rus — anterior portion broad, straight, and flattened. Internal lamellae 

 numerous, small and closely packed, about seventy-five in number — in 

 streperus only about fifty. Nostrils sub-basal, lateral, large, oblong. 



Plumage {immature), — Head above dark brown, the apical portion of 

 the feathers of a lighter shade than the basal, those on the frontal 

 region with the central portion black, and the edges brownish -white; 

 throat and sides of head brownish-white, a small brown spot at the ex- 

 tremity of each feather, shafts brown, on the lower portion of the neck, 

 and on breast all around the feathers are marked with concentric bars of 

 black and light reddish-brown ; under surface of the body white, with a 

 broad dark band across the extremity of each feather, giving to this 

 region a mottled appearance ; toward the tail, the white of the abdomen 

 assumes a dull reddish-brown tinge; a decided brownish-red color on 

 the flanks, and on the sides of the body covered by the wings. On 

 the back, the plumage is more mature. Color dark brown, marked 

 transversely with fine wavy lines of black and white; scapulars dark 

 brown, fringed with a narrow rim of reddish-brown ; middle wing-coverts 

 chestnut; the greater a velvety-black; speculum pure white, the inner 

 webs of the white feathers being grayish-brown ; on the third feather 

 of the speculum, counting from within, the white gives place to a hoary- 

 gray, with a black outer margin ; the primaries light brown, with the 

 portions of both webs nearest the shaft somewhat lighter. Tail con- 

 taining fourteen feathers ; color hoary plumbeous-gray, under surface 

 lighter and shining ; under tail-coverts crossed by transverse bars of 



