THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
As type I selected the female collected by NicoU on the 4th January, 1906, 
measuring : culmen 128 mm., wing 624, tail 447, middle toe 56. NicoU 
writes : “ Round eye pale red ; sac pinkish ; bill bluish-white ; tarsi and 
toes pinkish flesh-colour.” 
I have described and given measurements of birds from the Mascarene 
Islands which are in the collections of the Rothschild and British Museums. 
The sexing appears to be inaccurate, so that too much stress cannot be laid 
upon this. 
Three Aldabra females measure : 
Culmen 115 wing 621 
tail 
430 
middle 
toe 
50 mm. 
„ 118 „ 605 
99 
400 
99 
57 
„ 120 „ 615 
99 
395 
99 
56 
A SeycheUes female measures ; 
Culmen 116, wing 613, 
tail 
420, 
middle 
toe 
55 mm. 
Three Aldabra males measure : 
Culmen 99 wing 595 
tail 
392 
middle 
toe 
49 mm. 
„ 106 ,, 600 
99 
400 
99 
50 
104 „ 600 
99 
400 
99 
57 
Three SeycheUes males measure : 
Culmen 100 wing 603 
tail 
390 
middle 
toe 
52 mm. 
„ 101 „ 585 
99 
395 
99 
48 
„ 98 „ 594 
99 
410 
99 
53 
One Glorioso male specimen gives : 
Culmen 106, wing 606, tail 400, middle toe 55 mm. 
Details of coloration on the labels of the Aldabra birds state : 
^ Iris black, feet black, bill black. 
$ Iris black, feet black, bill lilac. 
The SeycheUes birds are labeUed as : 
Ad. Iris black, feet brown, biU brown. 
Ad. $ Iris white and black, biU and feet rose. 
Birds in female plumage marked ^ read : 
Iris brown, biU and feet violet. 
The white-headed Aldabra female above noted has : 
Iris white, legs bronze, bill rose. 
NicoU gives for the Glorioso bird : 
Iris, bill, tarsi and toes black ; pouch dull brick-red. 
The males all show oil-green as the predominating sheen on the breeding 
lanceolate plumes, and the wing-coverts are uniform. 
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