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show the characteristic form of the bill, the narrow vertical 

 nostril, the hairs on the cere, the deeply sunk eye, and the lanceo- 

 late feathers of the crest. The iris was pale blue, a very un- 

 usual color for the eye of a raptorial bird ; bill dark green-blue 

 gray, distal half black; tarsus and feet pale dirty yellow; nails 





FlC. 8. Pithecophaga jefferyi Grant, generic details. The lower mandible is retracted or 

 worn. The outline of the winu is one-fourth actual size, the other parts are one-half 

 actual size. 



black. After the photographs had been taken at the Bureau 

 of Science, the living bird was deposited in the Manila botanic 

 garden, where it is still living (January 1, 1918). 



The text figures presented herewith were made from the speci- 

 men collected by Harry M. Ickis in Laguna. I am unable to 

 figure the tail, as that member was missing from the material 



