ERODIA AMPHILENSIS. 



of the under parts pure white : upper back greyish-black, the feathers with 

 paler margins ; the scapulars and smaller wing-coverts pale smoke-grey ; 

 greater wing- coverts and quills black, the latter with strong white shafts : 

 the legs are long, and rather slender, and naked for upwards of an inch 

 above the tarsus joint : the toes are connected by a deeply cut membrane ; 

 the hinder toe is slender and long. 



