(ESTRELATA AXILLARIS. 



feathers above the fore-part of the eye white, plentifully marked with tiny lines and 

 dots of black ; feathers round the eye black, extending along the upper edge of the 

 ear-coverts ; sides of face, cheeks, and entire under-surface of body pure white, with 

 a patch of slaty-grey on the sides of the lower throat and fore-neck extending towards 

 the centre of the latter, but not forming a pectoral band ; axillaries black, with white 

 bases and fringes, the smaller ones white with blackish tips ; under wing-coverts for 

 the most part black, enclosing a white patch formed by the median and greater 

 coverts, and the primary coverts ; quills blackish below, with a large wedge-shaped 

 mark of white on the inner webs of the primaries, forming a continuous patch with 

 the white under wing-coverts ; " bill black ; feet flesh-colour, toes and webs for the 

 most part black" (Salvin). Total length, 11.5 inches; culmen, 0.95; wing, 8.4; 

 tail, 3.85 ; tarsus, 1.1 ; middle toe and claw, 1.5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length about 11.0 inches ; wing, 8.4. 



The description is taken from a pair of birds collected by Mr. H. H. Travers in the 

 Chatham Islands, and the figures are drawn from the type specimens in the British 

 Museum. 



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