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d L Saliru, t the fkin of. which Was tranfmitted. to me, yim exami-, 
nation. by the. Rev, Mr, Racks ". L.S. who jeetived it from Mre 
Bryer, of Weymouth... fit 36 didi c ave lS 
It is faid to be a native of smh The leave ced the tip: 
of the bill to the ends of the claws, was fix feet, two inches. The 
bill was thirteen inches in length, which is alfo the meafure of that. 
of the common Jabiru. The neck was fifteen. inches. The body 
. twelve inches. The naked part of the thigh eleven inches; the 
_ feathered or flefhy part four inches. The Ente oi oneinch. The 
leg thirteen inches and a half. The foot, to the tip of the middle 
toe five inches and a half. The two outfide toes are about an inch . 
fhorter than the middle ones "back toe fcarcely quite two 
. inches. A very flight spirroach. tardo a femipalmated appearance 
takes place at the firk joint: the claws are fmall and blunt. The 
bill 1s pale or whitith at the bafe for near three inches from the fet- 
ting on of the upper mandible, and one inch and a half from the 
. lower: then fucceeds a broad black zone acrofs both mandibles, 
about three inches wide; well defined on the back part, but fome- 
. what irregular in front. From this part the bill is pale, with a 
"flight caft of reddifh for about two inches, and from thence grows 
: |; atii ted or of a vermilion colour to the tip. On each fide the | 
6 bafe 
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