191 HARELDA GLAClALIS. 



papillate at the base, and with two lateral series of filaments. 

 The oesophagus is eight inches long, eight-twelfths in width, 

 dilated at the lower part of the neck to an inch. The stomach 

 is large, roundish, an inch and ten-twelfths in length, two 

 inches and two-twelfths in breadth, with the lateral muscles 

 nearly an inch in thickness ; the epithelium dense, slightly 

 rugous, witli thick grinding plates. The intestine is five 

 feet eight inches long, four-twelfths in width ; the coeca four 

 inches and ten-twelfths in length, three-twelfths in breadth ; 

 the rectum only two inches and a quarter long. 



The nostrils are oblong, direct, sub-basal, large, near the 

 ridge, a quarter of an inch in length. The eyes rather small. 

 The aperture of the ear small. The legs are very short, and 

 placed far behind ; the tarsus very short, compressed, with 

 about twenty anterior scutella. The hind toe is very small, 

 with a lobiform membrane, and about fifteen scutella ; the 

 second toe with a twolobed expanded marginal membrane, 

 and eighteen scutella beyond the second joint ; the third toe 

 with thirty-eight, the fourth with fifty-six ; the outer toes 

 equal, and about twice the length of the tarsus ; the interdi- 

 gital membranes full. The claws are small, slightly arched, 

 slender, rather blunt. 



The plumage is dense, elastic, firm, and blended ; the 

 feathers rather small and oblong, those on the upper part of 

 the head and nape rather elongated. The scapulars are elon- 

 gated and acuminate, the posterior curved outwards. Wings 

 short, narrow, convex, pointed ; primary quills tapering, stifi", 

 the second longest, but barely exceeding the first ; secondaries 

 rounded, the inner rather broad, but pointed. The tail is 

 small, of fourteen pointed feathers, of which the two medial 

 are extremely attenuated, a little recurved, with their webs 

 decurved. These feathers exceed the next by four-twelfths, 

 and the lateral by six inches. 



The basal half of the bill is black, the rest orange-red, but 

 Avith the ungues black. The iris red. The tarsi and toes 

 dull yellow ; the membranes dusky ; the claws black. The 

 forehead and cheeks are ash-grey ; the upper part of the head 

 yellowish-white ; the neck white, with a large oblong patch 

 on each side, of which the anterior part is blackish-brown. 



