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of food, their flesh is held in moderate estimation." — Val- 

 mont Bomare. 



Young. — According to M. Temminck, " the young have 

 the colours less decided, and are distinguished at once by the 

 very enlarged form of the upper part of the tarsus, and the 

 great size of the joint which corresponds to the knee in 

 quadrupeds. This form of the tarsus is peculiar to the 

 young of the year of all the species of birds that have long 

 slender legs, but is particularly remarkable in the young 

 CEdicnemes." 



Remarks. — What M. Temminck considers to be the knee 

 is, correctly speaking, the ancle. The generic name Thick- 

 knee is therefore erroneous; but as Thick-ancle, the true 

 name, sounds strangely, and is more applicable to a Pelican 

 or Penguin, I must leave matters in this respect as I have 

 found them. 



