P U C R A S I A D A R W I N I .
“ A younger bird, with short spur, has the chestnut on belly much p a le r; the black of the throat is mottled with white; and
the crown of the head is browner.
“ Fresh female, shot in the beginning o f January 1872.—Entire length 19'25 inches; wing 8 ; tail 6 ; tarse 2-9, with a tubercle on
the inner side towards its backward edge '6 above hind to e ; middle toe and claw 2‘5. Bill blackish brown on whole of upper
mandible and tip of lower, bluish grey on rest of la tte r; inside of mouth yellowish flesh-colour, yellower on the tongue, which is
broadly sagittate; skin' round eye deep purplish brown; lower eyelid covered with minute white feathers; legs and claws light
leaden, with a faint yellowish tin g e ; claws pale yellowish brown.
“ Closely resembling the female of P . xanthospila, the feathers of the underparts are marked more distinctly with black, much
more black occurs on the vent-feathers, and the chestnut is much deeper-coloured; the dorsals are a great deal more blotched
with black; and the line of black-spotted feathers extends down the rump as in the male; the wing is more richly marked and
mottled, and the tail presents some differences.”
S u b f a m il y M E L E A G R I N i E .
Head and neck bare, covered with wrinkled skin, and numerous rounded wattles. Legs
long, powerfully spurred. Tail broad, round, ample. Plumage metallic.