248 
ORNITHOLOQT. 
Dimensions (from the dry skin) : — 
Male. 
Female. 
Male. 
Length 
7 5 
7' 
7S 
Tail 
2'8 
0</4 
... ^ 4j 
Wing 
0 /O 
0 55 
375 
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short of 
longest 
1*55 
1*3 
1 .Off 
1*35 
2nd ditto ditto 
ditto 
02 
0*25 
6th ditto ditto 
ditto 
0*1 
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7th ditto ditto 
ditto 
0-2 
017 
Bill at front 
0-97 
0-75 
r 
Bill from gape 
102 
0'78 
1-05 
Tarsus 
1-25 
1-3 
1-5 
Mid-toe to root of claw 
0-63 
0-7 
0-67 
Its claw straight from point 
0-39 
035 
0-39 
Inner toe , . . 
0-4 
Its claw straight from point 
0-3 
Outer toe . . . 
0-45 
Its claw 
0-30 
Third toe... 
0-45 
!*.*. 0-43 
0-4 
Its claw 
0-45 
0-42 
0-45 
Description. — The bill^ legs^ and feet are black. The 
forehead^ lores^ and an indistinct streak over the fore part 
of the eye^ fulvous white. A dusky line through the lores 
Podoces homilis. 
to the eye. Front, top, and back of the head, back, scapulars, 
and rump, a dull earthy brown, very faintly rufescent on 
the head ; a broad yellowish white patch upon the nape. The 
four central tail feathers, blackish brown, tipped and mar- 
gined paler ; lateral tail feathers white^ tipped and margined 
on exterior webs with dingy fulvous. Wings brown, the quills 
