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of some secondaries very narrowly edged with whitish; tertiares 
ereyish brown, with mner web greyish and outer web chestnut in 
most parts, except in apical part; first tertiary black in basal parts 
and also very narrowly along its outer margin ; rump brown, finely 
vermiculated with greyish white; under tail-coverts pale orange 
brown vermiculated with brown, the longer under tail-coverts white 
with some small brown spots. | 
In the dried state: bill horny brown : basal half of culmen, edge 
of upper mandible and the whole lower mandible paler and yellowish ; 
nail of upper mandible also horny brown; tarsus yellowish horny 
colour ; toes and webs somewhat darker ; claws horny blackish brown. 
Scales in front of lower tarsus forming transverse rows of plates. 
Tail feathers 14 in number, graduated, the longest central and the 
lateralmost showing a difference of 22 mm. in length ; the two central 
pairs somewhat pointed at apex. 
Total length about 535 mm., exposed culmen 41.5 mm., bill 
from gape 66 mm., wing 310 mm., tail 115 mm., tarsus 47 mm., 
middle toe with claw 54 mm. long. 
The type and the only specimen as yet obtained is probably an 
adult male. It was obtained on the Naktung River (or Rakutoko) 
near Husan, December (3 ?), 1916. It is preserved in the collection 
of the auther (sp. no. 2650). 
Two allied species of the sheldrake have been known from 
Corea, viz., Tadorna cornuta (S. G. Gmelin) and Casarca rutila (Pall.), 
from both which the above described species is manifestly distinct. 
PARUS MAJOR QUELPARTENSIS, n. subsp. — 
Quelpart Island Tit 
し まし じ う か ら ( 際 時 刊行 物 第 七 編 80 頁 参 照 ) 
(Pl. VI, fig. 1 and 2 ) 
& ad. (type of subspecies). Similar to P. major minor T.&S. 
or P.' major commiatus Sw., but wing, tail and tarsus somewhat 
Giecae ) 
