(ESTRELATA ARMINJONIANA. 



with which most of the feathers are tipped ; remainder of under-surface of body white, 

 with a broad collar of ashy-brown across the fore-neck, continued down the sides of the 

 upper breast and sides of the body ; on the latter a few bars of ashy-brown, and also 

 a few similar bars below the pre-pectoral collar ; on the flanks a few blackish 

 shaft-streaks, causing a streaked appearance ; under tail-coverts slaty-black, with 

 white bases and narrow white fringes at the ends, some of the basal coverts white, with 

 a double or single bar of ashy-grey near the end ; under wing-coverts dark brown, 

 shaded with ashy, some of the inner median and greater coverts for the most part 

 white ; primary-coverts white at the base ; quills dusky-brown below, more ashy on 

 the inner web, which is white towards the base and margins of the primaries, and 

 extends for the greater part of the inner web of the secondaries ; " bill black ; tarsi 

 and base of toes flesh-colour ; rest of toes, webs, and whole of outer side of outer toe, 

 black" (M. J. Nicoll). Total length about 15.0 inches; culmen, 1.15; wing, 11.6; 

 tail, 4.9 ; tarsus, 1.35 ; middle toe and claw, 1.85. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Wing, 11.5 inches ; culmen, 1.2 ; tarsus, 

 1.45 ; middle toe and claw, 1.95. 



In both white and grey-breasted phases the soft parts are of the same colour, as 

 follows : — " Bill black ; tarsi and base of toes pink, the outer toe and the terminal 

 portion of the other toes and outer part of the webs, black ; iris dark brown " (E. A. 

 Wilson). 



The descriptions are taken from a pair of birds procured by Mr. M. J. Nicoll 

 during the cruise of the " Valhalla." The Plate is drawn from the typical specimen 

 in the Royal Zoological Museum of Turin. 



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