Note 138 — ERRATA. (continued 7)
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Length 9 inches, expanse 14, flexure 3⁶⁄₁₀, tail 0, rictus 1³⁄₁₀, tarsus 1³⁄₁₀, middle toe 1¾, lateral breadth of tarsus ⁷⁄₁₀, breadth of toe ⁴⁄₁₀. Irides bright yellow; feet and beak black. Upper parts smoky black; wing-quills white; outer webs and tips of the first four or five dusky. Chin black; throat and cheeks blackish ashy; breast blackish; belly feathers tipped with white, giving a mottled appearance. Whole plumage satiny. Intestine 16 inches; two cæca ¾ inch long.