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state Mr Selby considers as marking the younger 
birds. 
A specimen, which appears adult, is in length 
about twenty-three inches. Bill blueish biack, 
much hooked, and presenting the form of the 
lower outline in our wood-cut.* The feathers on 
the hind head, we should almost say the nape, 
are long and lanceolate, and when raised, shew 
the commencement of an occipital crest. Head 
and nape white, streaked irregularly with deep 
umber brown, a distribution caused by the tips, 
or half the tips, being of that colour. The pos- 
terior part of the auriculars, wings, and back, are 
dark umber brown. The tips of the feathers on 
the back and scapulars paler. The quills are very 
dark, and exceed the tail in length by nearly 
an inch, white at the base on the insides, and 
clouded with dark bars ; the under wing coverts 
white, barred with umber brown. The tail is 
short and square ; the feathers composing it 
ample ; the colour umber brown, barred with a 
paler tint, which is nearly white in the outer 
plumes ; the shafts white ; the under parts pure 
white ; the pectoral band indicated by lan- 
ceolate streaks of umber brown. 
The upper figure is from a New Holland specimen. 
