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Mandible as Well as that of the Lower and Sharp 

 Cutting edges — 3 Process edges are contained in the 

 inner part of the upper Mandible also Sharp edged — 

 the whole of this upper Part long stiff & Strong sub- 

 stance — of a Greyish Blue edging in Yellow — the edges 

 of the Lower Mandible are the same Color averaging 

 in Width about ^ an Inch truncated at the end and 

 Capable of distention from their Natural [weigdth] 

 depth of 1 1 of an Inch to 6 Inches and furnished with 

 a tail or pouch of a Bluish Distending Skin begaining 

 at the under point of the Lower Mandible and Loos- 

 ing itself along the Neck about 9I Inches below the 

 Junction of the Mandible from Which part to its 

 utmost stratch point with the hand it Measured a 

 foot — the Tongue is a Mere Knot about 12 Inches 

 from the Tip of the Lower Mandible fast to this 

 Bag — the Eye is Brown pretty Large and situated in 

 the Skin that [so] covers the Cheeks and Jaws of the 

 Bill — the upper of the Head and side of the Neck 

 running along the Pouch of a Mole Cole Color, the 

 hind head ornemented with a Crest of slender feathers 

 of 1 1 Inch in Length — the upper Plumage of the 

 Neck, assuming a Silky appearance and Much Worn 

 by resting on the back and Shoulders of the Bird — 

 Shoulders & Back Covered With pointed, Small 

 feathers the former Light ash in their Centers edged 

 With Rufous & Some with brown — the Latter silvery 

 in the Center edge With deep black to the Rump 



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