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upper mandible isa large femi-oval and femitran{parent fpace, which, 
‘at its bacl: part; is continued upwards in’a curved. dire&ion: acrofs | 
the fore. part.of the eye,’ -A little way down the upper part.of. the 
: bill rons. abate: flattened. part, fomewhat in the manner of the. cere 
in the; Fuse and other birds of that tribe: . The, whole head and 
— neck are black, and covered with. feathers, which, onthe head, feem ` 
to have been. d fei i-fetofe- on. the front, but. fomewhat 
| or ahd larger on. the, occiput, Thofe, on, the. neck are.ovate- 
lanceolate and of the ufual ftru&ure, or as in the generality of birds, 
The plumage: ofthe, ;breaft, back, thighs, &c. aie. alfo.of the ufual - 
ftructure; but much, more inclining to a rounded than. lanceolate 
form. The wings were’ wanting: the fhoulders alone remaining, 
for about the length.of four inches; they were covered with white fea- 
thers, ‘Thedfcapulars, wi ich; iwere lefton'each fide, were. black, with 
whitifh bafes : they were about fifteen. inchesinlength. The whole 
remainder of the bird was white. "The tail was entirely wanting, "i: 
Beneath the bafe ofthe bill, on the fkinny or gular part, were fitu- . 
ateditwo very {mall pear=thapec pendant wattles,: adhering’ by/very 
fmall necks: they were feated at about three quarters of an inch 
- from each other, and in the. dried  fpecimen were of a fubftance re- 
fembling ifinglafs.- The Tegs are extremely long, and the thighs, 
-to'a diftance nearly equal to that of the leg itfelf, are.quite bare. 
"Phe whole leg and thigh of a black colour, except. that round the 
knee, as well as round es joint of thetoes, isà pale band or zone |. 
"The whole length of the leg and thigh is coated 3m. recu. 
longitudinal. fcales or divifions, | : 
‘Tfthis bird. lbe collated with: the d deferipron of the ape: 
fpecies. It approach "much ‘more Heyt to the . Myéeria A 
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