HALCYON MACLEAYII. 



daries have the inner webs black, and are tipped with a shade of blackish- 

 brown ; quills are black, with the exception of the basal half of the outer 

 web, and the base of the inner, which are white ; the under wing-coverts 

 are also white. The tail is nearly even, with the exception of the outer 

 feathers, which are about half an inch shorter than the rest, the under side 

 of the whole pale black, tipped with a lighter shade, which also margins 

 the exterior webs of the short outer feathers. The feet and tarsi seem to 

 have been brownish-black. 





