638 CHENALOPEX. FOX-GOOSE. 



Nostrils rather small, elliptical, sub-medial, in the lower 

 and fore part of the oblong, sub-basal, nasal sinus. Eyes 

 small ; eyelids feathered. Feet of moderate length, stout, 

 placed well forward ; tibia bare for a short space ; tarsus 

 moderately compressed, reticulated with small angular scales, 

 of which, however, the anterior are scutelliform. Hind toe 

 very small, elevated, with a thick scabrous lobe beneath, the 

 outer a little shorter than the third, the inner considerably 

 shorter ; all scaly at the base, but with numerous scutella ; 

 the interdigital membranes reticulate, full, the outer emargi- 

 nate, the inner toe with a slightly two-lobed thick web. The 

 claws short, strong, little arched, rather compressed, obtuse, 

 that of the third toe with the inner side expanded, and the tip 

 rounded. 



Plumage full, close, firm, blended. Feathers of the head 

 very small, oblong ; of the neck narrow, not arranged in 

 oblique ridges and grooves as in the Geese ; those of the back 

 oblong and rounded ; of the lower parts ovate and rounded, 

 as are the elongated feathers of the sides ; the scapulars very 

 large, oblong. The wings of moderate length, broad, rather 

 pointed, the second quill being longest, and the first little 

 shorter, the outer five having their outer web narrowed 

 toward the end ; the secondaries broad and rounded, the 

 inner elongated, broad, and also rounded. The tail short, 

 rounded, of fourteen broad, rounded feathers. 



The female is similar to the male, but with the colours 

 duller. 



