the female bird, the eggs being similar to, but larger than those ol J 1. caniceps. A bird 
shot on April 10th was in full breeding plumage, testes developed, intestines 14 inches 
long, very wide, no casca. The stomach was gizzard-like but thinner, and full ol the leaves 
of some odorous flower like roses, the end of the asophagus dilated to form an upper 
stomach of soft thick fleshy coats, toes zygodactyle, ten feathers in the tail. 
September 2nd. Another bird in full moult, the legs dirty grass green, tongue 
longish, flat, cartillaginous near the tip which was obtuse, bifid, and filamentous. Uppei 
mandible near gape tumid and overhanging. 
May 31st. A male bird obtained ; tongue with fleshy base, but the rest pure cartillage, 
tip bifid, and sides sub-jagged, stomach cartillaginous, muscular, intestines wide, containing 
shining green coleoptera and berries. 
May 15th. Stomach oval, outer coat of medial even thickness, inner coat touglnsh, 
smooth, contained pulpy fruits and a beetle. 
October 1st. A female, the stomach found to contain beetles only. 
May 28 th. A male, the stomach was found to contain soft berries only. 
February 6th. Pulpy berries only. April 20th, pulpy fruits only. 26th April, 
pulpy fruits only. 
In the immature bird the bill is nearly white, the lining of the stomach is neither 
tough nor grooved. 
The following table gives the most divergent dimensions met with in a long series 
Length . 
. . 11.5 
13 
Expanse 
. . 16 
18 
Bill . . . 
2 
Tail . . 
4.5 
Weight . 
. . 6 J oz. 
14 
Intestines 
. . 16 
13 
Coeca . 
none 
none 
none 
Sex . . . 
. . ? 
? juv. 
13 
13 
13.25 
13.25 
18 
18.5 
18.5 
17.5 
1.3 
2.1 
4.5 
4.6 
65 oz. 
6| oz. 
6 oz. 
15 
14 
15| 
15i 
none 
none 
none 
none 
s 
S old 
? 
? 
The wing varies in length from 5 to 5.5 inches, and when closed reaches to within 
2.75 of tip of tail. The tarsus varies from 1.2 to 1.25 inches, or about one-third of an 
inch shorter than the bill. These latter dimensions were taken from dry skins, the ones 
in the table were made in the flesh by Mr. Hodgson. In the wings the 4tli and 5th quills 
are usually longest, but this character is not permanent. 
