
plumage. The bill and legs are of a yellowish-brown 
colour, tdi bill rather paler than the legs. 
This curious bird is a native of New Zealand, from — 
the south coast of which it was brought by Captain 
Barcley of the Providence, by whom, through the kind 
interposition of my friend W. Evans, Esq. it was Pre- 
sented to myself. The second plate represents, in 
their natural size, the bill, wing, leg, anda . feather of 
ets bird, 
