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lobiform ; the anterior toes long, the outer longest ; the inner 

 with a two-lohed membrane ; the interdigital membranes nar- 

 row, and emarginate ; the middle toe with fifty-four scutella. 

 The claws are small, depressed, oblong, convex above, 

 rounded at the end. 



The plumage is short, dense, and firm ; on the head and 

 neck very short and blended ; the feathers oblong, all rounded 

 at the end; those on the body glossy. The wings are of 

 moderate length, narrow, and convex, of thirty-two quills ; 

 the primaries strong, tapering, the first longest, the second 

 scarcely shorter, the rest rapidly decreasing ; the secondaries 

 broadly rounded. The tail is extremely short, rounded, of 

 twenty rather firm, rounded feathers, of which the medial are 

 eight-twelfths longer than the lateral. 



The bill is bluish-black. The iris bright red. The feet 

 brownish-black externally, pale bluish flesh-coloured inter- 

 nally ; the webs flesh-coloured ; the claws yellowish-brown at 

 the base, dusky at the end. The fore part and sides of the 

 head, with the throat and the sides of the neck more than 

 halfway down, are bluish-grey ; the upper part of the head 

 grey with small dusky spots ; the nape and hind neck longi- 

 tudinally streaked with greenish-black and white, the edges 

 of the feathers being of the latter colour and elevated. On 

 the fore part of the neck is a broad band of deep orange-red 

 about three inches in length. The lower part of the neck all 

 round is longitudinally streaked or spotted with brownish- 

 black and white. The upper parts are brownish -black, 

 glossed with green, and without any white spots ; the lower 

 parts glossy white, excepting the sides, which are greyish- 

 black, the axillar feathers, which have a narrow medial dark 

 grey streak, a narrow band of dark dusky grey across the 

 hind part of the abdomen, and most of the feathers under the 

 tail, which are of the same colour. 



Length to end of tail 26 inches, to end of wings 24 ; ex- 

 tent of Avings 44 ; wing from flexure llf ; tail 2|^ ; bill along 

 the ridge 2-^, along the edge of lower mandible 3^, its 

 height at the base -^ ; tarsus 3 ; hind toe j, its claw -^ ; 

 second toe 2/^, its claw -^ ; third toe 3, its claw -f'-j ; fourth 

 toe 3j, its claw -pj-. 



