NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. IO3 



from the frontal plumage, lead colour towards the base, 

 and dark horn colour on the outer half; upper mandible, 

 notched near the extremity ; lower mandible, white on the 

 under side ; nostrils, linear. Around the eye, to the base 

 of the bill, the skin was uncovered, and of the same leaden 

 hue tinged with yellow. Eyes, black ; head, crested, with 

 " loose unwebbed feathers " two and a half inches long, of 

 a pearl grey colour, interspersed with a few long, slender, 

 white plumes about the nape ; lower portion of the neck, 

 covered with long white taper feathers, the pointed ends 

 of which extended over the upper portion of the breast. 

 One of these feathers was shaded with grey. 



Lower parts, pure white; under wing coverts, the same, 

 slightly touched here and there with grey or light purple ; 

 back of the neck, light grey, becoming darker on the 

 anterior portion of the back ; rump, white ; tail, of twelve 

 feathers — the four centre ones, of a dark brown, somewhat 

 mottled with white, the outer ones, white ; back, covered 

 with long tapering pointed feathers, extending from the 

 shoulders to the centre of the tail ; colour, white, speckled 

 with grey. There was no appearance of curl at the end of 

 these plumes. Wings — scapulars, white, powdered with 

 bluish grey; primaries and secondaries, pure white, the 

 former margined at the tips with grey; great secondary 

 coverts, and three of the long axillary feathers, of a grey 

 and purplish brown, darkest on the latter ; second and 

 third quills equal, and of a greater length than the re- 

 mainder ; carpal joint, ten inches ; legs and toes, yellowish 

 green, except on the anterior parts, which were olive 

 brown ; tibia, bare for two and a half inches ; tarsus, three 

 and a half inches in length ; nail of hind toe, much the 

 largest. This is the first bird of this species that I have 

 met with in these islands, and is therefore an addition to 

 our list. 



