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near the new village Garmakhta, about 49N. and 134|° E. 
of Greenur, on the 13th of August, 1910 (new style). 
The colours of soft parts and the dimensions in the flesh 
are recorded thus by Mr. Kornilaev;—“ Bill dark grey along 
the culmen, sides of bill and mandible red. Iris grey. 
Feet cinnabar-red, with dark yellowish webs. Length 
570 mm., expanse of wings 750; the wings fall short of the 
tail by 93 mm/' 
Other dimensions, taken by me from the skin, are: wing 
230 mm., tail (very much worn) 110 ; tarsus 445; middle toe 
with claw r 61 ; bill along the exposed culmen 57 and from the 
fore end of the nostrils 36, height at base 15*3 mm. 
From the fore end of the nostrils to the tip, each side, of 
the maxilla, there are 19 teeth-like lamellae, as in M. serrator. 
The specimen seems to be quite mature and to be assuming 
its fresh winter-garb. The mantle is glossy black, but there 
are numerous old feathers of a dark leaden grey with a some¬ 
what brownish tinge. The lower back and rump are ashy 
grey and shew two broad dark concentric bars with white 
interspaces on each feather, giving this part a coarse scaly 
appearance. Most of the feathers have a dark shaft-stripe 
on the basal half. Wings coloured just as in the male 
M. serrator , the broad white mirror being divided into three 
by two broad black transverse bands. There are dark bases 
to the secondaries and their larger coverts. 
The upper parts of the neck and head are olive-brown, with 
an occipital crest about 50 mm. long. This colour becomes 
rufous brown on the under surface of the head and on the 
two adjoining thirds of the neck. The lower throat, chest 
and breast, flanks and under tail-coverts are white, with two 
(three on the flanks) coarse dark concentric bars (each about 
1 \ to 3 mm. broad) on each feather. The remaining parts 
of the under side, including the breast, wing-linings, and 
axillaries, are white. All the white parts in this skin, 
which is still quite soft, have a beautiful intense pinkish 
tinge. 
It seems quite probable that this bird may breed in the 
Khabarovsk district, going in the winter to Inner China. 
