5802 Birds. 



1 foot Uj inches, from cubitus or shoulder 10 inches and 2-tenths, 

 from flexure 8j inches ; tarsus 7-tenths ; middle toe 65-tenths, claw 

 2-tenths; inner toe 4-tenths, claw 1-tenth ; outer toe 4-tenths, claw 

 1 J- tenth ; hind toe 2-tenths, claw 1-tenth; bill along ridge 3-tenths ; 

 lower mandible from plumes 1 J-tenth ; mouth 1 inch wide; head 1 

 inch and 1 -fourth broad ; eye black and very large, diameter about 

 4-tenths of an inch. The bill is black ; the nostrils, which project, 

 are rounded and large, placed about 1-third of the way up the bill ; 

 there are numerous black bristles on the sides as well as above and 

 beneath the bill, where they extend to within one-tenth of an inch of 

 the point, having a beard-like appearance ; there are also a few hairs 

 on the upper mandible, extending beyond the nostrils. The head is 

 black, but the feathers are spotted and margined with white and 

 rufous ; many of the feathers on the sides of the head are indented, 

 giving them an oak-leaf appearance. There are numerous white spots 

 over the eye. The back is black, but each feather has several white 

 spots, besides being margined with white. The chin and throat are 

 pure white. The feathers beneath the eye, and on the sides of the 

 neck and scapulars, are of a dull yellowish brown, margined with 

 black. The feathers of the lower neck and sides are elongated, 

 intensely black, most delicately and beautifully spotted, barred and 

 margined with pale burl', gray and white, the latter colours predomi- 

 nating towards the rump, so as to become in a great measure blended 

 with the elongated secondary wing-coverts. The tail, which is 4 

 inches and 9-tenths in length, is composed of ten feathers, and is 

 greatly forked, the lateral feathers being 3-fourths of an inch longer 

 than the central ones. There are irregular oblong patches of white, 

 about 4-tenths of an inch in depth, on all but the two centre feathers, 

 forming an incomplete bar across the tail, at about half an inch from 

 the extremity ; there are also, on the first or outer feather, nine irre- 

 gular narrow bars of white, tinged with yellow ; eight on the second 

 and third feathers, seven on the fourth ; and the two centre ones have 

 eight bars of reddish gray, but have no white spots. The upper tail- 

 coverts are black, barred with white ; the under tail-coverts are elon- 

 gated, reaching to within an inch of the ends of the two centre 

 feathers; they are white, tinged with yellow, the two centre ones 

 having seven black transverse lines, the first being spear-shaped; the 

 rest of the coverts are marked in a similar and regular manner, but 

 with a proportionately less number of stripes. The breast is black, 

 the feathers slightly barred and tipped with white, gray and reddish 

 yellow. The whole of the under parts from breast to vent are regu- 



