PELECANOIDES UEINATRIX. 



There is considerable variation in size among the specimens of P. urinatrix in the 

 British Museum, and the following dimensions are found in a series of over twenty 

 examples : — Wing, 4.6-5.2 inches ; culmen, 0.6-0.7 ; tarsus, 0.9-1.1 ; middle toe and 

 claw, 1.0-1.35. 



The description is taken from a specimen procured by Nikolai Hanson at Stewart 

 Island, New Zealand, but I am unable to identify the bird selected by Salvin for the 

 Plate. 



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