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Show DIRDS. 2:J CRAXInEX GALAPAGOENSIS. Gould. PLATE II. Polyborus Ga.lapngoensis. Proceedings of tho Zoological Society for January, 1!!37, p. 0. 0. Mas. adult. Intense fuscus; primariis nigris; secundariarum pogoniis intentis tmnsversim albo et fusco st1·iatis; caudtt cinerascenti-.fuscu, tmnsversim lineis m~gustis et numerosis intense fuscis notatt2; rostro obscure corneo; pedibus olivaceo-jlavis. Long. tot. 20! unc.; rostri, lj; alro, 15; cauclro, Sf; tarsi, 3!. Fcern. adult. f(JJmince ju,niori Jere similis, pecto1·e tamen fusco. Fcem. juv. Capite corpm·eque intense stramineis, fusco-variegatis; illo in pectore et abdomine prmvalente; p1·iruariis fusco-nigris; ·rectricmn pogoniis extend~ cinerascenti-fuscis, interne pallide 1·osaceis; ut1·isque lineis angustis et frequentibus fitscis transversim striatis, apicibus sordide albis; 1·ostro nigrescentijitsco; pedibus olivaceo:flavis. Long. tot. 24 unc.; rostri, It; alro, 17!; caur.laJ, 10!; tarsi, 8!. Description of ad1.tlt male. CoLOUR.-.Entire dorsal aspect umber brown: base of feathers on hind part of neck, white ; base of those on back, irregularly banded with pale fulvous, and the scapulars with a distinct band of it. The inferior feathers of upper tail coverts banded in like manner to their extremities. Tail dusky clove-brown, obscmely marked with darkened transverse narrow bands. Primaries perfectly black towards their extremities, but with the outer edge of their base, gray : inner web banded and freckled with gray, brown, and white, which in the secondaries takes the form of regular bars. Under szuface, entirely umber brown, but rather paler than the upper. Lining of wings gray, with irregular transverse brown bars: under-side of tail the same, but paler. Thighs of a rather yellower brown. Bill and cere horn colour, mottled with pale gray: tarsi yellow. FoRM.-Beak, with apex much arched, both longer and more pointed than it is in the group of the Polyborinm. Cere naked, with few bristles; nostrils large, quite uncovered, irregularly triangulat·, with the angles much rounded," and situated rather above a central line between the culmen and commissure. Fourth primary longest, but third and fifth nearly equal to it; first, four inches and a half shorter than fourth, and equal to the eighth; second shorter than fifth. Extremities of wing reaching within half an inch of end of tail. |