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Nesopelia galapagoensis. 2 ? . Hood Island. One with 
the tail partially greyish white ; one with the tail 
partially greyish Avhite and the outer primaries white. 
OEstrelata cooKi. . Solomon Island, off StewaiVs 
Island, New Zealand. Perfect albino, even the bill and 
feet being white. 
Thinornis NovAi-ZEALANDiiE. Chatham Islands (Palmer 
coll.). Perfect albino. 
lliEMATOPUS UNICOLOR. Bradsliaw I., New Zealand. Pied 
above and below. 
Glareola pratincola. Sarepta. All the dark portions of 
the plumage brownish cream - colour, with brown 
markings ; under wdng-coverts and axillaries pale greyish 
brown. 
Himantopus melas. New Zealand. Dirty white, with a 
few black feathers on the upper surl'ace. 
Pavoncella pugnax. ? . Tunis. Plead, neck, and under 
surface white ; secondaries of right wing partially 
white. 
Gallinago gallinago. Four dark-brown varieties, more 
or less typical “ Sabine’s Snipes.” (England.) 
1. Eight outer primaries and primary-coverts on left 
wing and anterior half of toes white. 
3. Showing pale buffy-brown aberrations of different 
shades. 
1. Very light sandy buff above, with a few white and 
some black feathers in beautiful contrast. 
Scolopax rusticola. d* . Russia. Third to seventh primary 
and one of the wing-coverts on the left wing ; first to 
fourth and seventh to eighth quills and the majority of 
the primary-coverts on the right w'ing, white. 
$ . (Hamburg Market.) Rather pale above and on 
the breast. 
? . (Leadenhall Market.) Above rufous huff, with 
