. Illustrations of ornithology . ibus albis, cauda alba. Lams haematorhynchus, Fig. Zool. Journ. vol. iv. p. 103. A he bill and legs of this species are a bright red, beautifully contrastingwith the pale colours of the plumage. The head, neck, and under partsof the body are pale smoke-grey; the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts,deep grey, similar to that of the lesser Black-backed Gull; the scapularsand secondaries deeply margined and tipped with white ; the quills areblack, with white tips ; the tail pure white. The length of the specimenwas about eighteen inches. This curious species is now
. Illustrations of ornithology . ibus albis, cauda alba. Lams haematorhynchus, Fig. Zool. Journ. vol. iv. p. 103. A he bill and legs of this species are a bright red, beautifully contrastingwith the pale colours of the plumage. The head, neck, and under partsof the body are pale smoke-grey; the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts,deep grey, similar to that of the lesser Black-backed Gull; the scapularsand secondaries deeply margined and tipped with white ; the quills areblack, with white tips ; the tail pure white. The length of the specimenwas about eighteen inches. This curious species is now in the museum of the London ZoologicalSociety, being part of the last valuable collection remitted by Captain Kingfrom the Straits of Magellan. In shape, it is strong, and more like thatof some Petrels. The bill is also stronger, being more dilated at thebase, and the connection is still farther developed by the form of the feetand legs, and by the hind toe, which is short, with a blunt nail, as in theabove-mentioned genus. _-,-.* 107.
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