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and the uropygium are white, waved with 

 blackifh grey : the down and the lower coverts 

 of the wings, in particular the ten longed and 

 innermoft, are white : all the fixty-four quill 

 feathers are very black, with whitifh grey be- 

 low : the firfl quill feather is the longefl ; the 

 next to it decreafe gradually : there are ten 

 quill feathers on the firfl joint; on the fecond 

 thirty ; and on the third or innermoft four- 

 teen ; and more fecondary feathers. The 

 upper coverts are tipped with grey : the lower 

 are dirty white, with little black edges : the 

 tail has fourteen feathers : the thighs are co- 

 vered with grey feathers : the legs naked and 

 whitifh, like the four toes : the Jirji toe has 

 five, the fecond four, the third three, and the 

 fourth two joints : no back-toe is to be met 

 with : the heart is oval ; the liver is long. 

 The bird is the fize of a raven. 



The female is fomewhatlefs : the bill is more 

 ferrated, and reddifh towards the head : the 

 neck and the upper coverts of the wing are 

 white : the three firfl quill feathers are quite 

 black, as in the male : the next following ones 

 are grey, fpotted ; and the laft white, mixed 

 with black : the back, the coverts of the wings , 

 and the thirteen feathers of the tail are white, 



fpotted 



