348 UTAMANIA TORDA. 



twelfths long, eight-twelfths in breadth, its niuseular coat 

 rather thin, the tendons round, tlie epithelium thin, dense, 

 and longitudinally plicate. The pylorus is very small ; the 

 intestine four feet two inches long, from five-twelfths to two- 

 twelfths in width ; the coeca eight-twelfths long, a twelfth 

 and a half in breadth ; the rectum two inches, with a globular 

 cloaca, an inch in diameter. 



The nostrils linear-oblong, marginal, medial, tAvo-twelfths 

 and a half long. The eyes small, and the aperture of the 

 ears more so. The feet, which are placed far behind, are 

 short, and rather strong ; the tibia bare for a short space ; 

 the tarsus very short, compressed, anteriorly edged, posteri- 

 orly rounded, with about twenty small anterior scutella, on 

 the sides and behind reticularly scaly. The hind toe is 

 wanting, the anterior toes of moderate length, the inner 

 shortest, the middle toe slightly longer than the outer, their 

 scutella thirty-two, forty, and forty-two ; the interdigital 

 membranes full. The claws rather small, arcuate, compressed, 

 pointed, that of the middle toe with the inner margin enlarged. 



The plumage is dense, blended, glossy, very soft ; on the 

 head very short, close, and velvety. The wings are rather 

 short, very narrow, concave, pointed, with eighteen quills ; 

 the first primary longest, the second scarcely shorter, the rest 

 rapidly decreasing ; the primaries narrow, acute ; the second- 

 aries broader, curved downwards and inwards, and obliquely 

 rounded ; the tertiaries short, straight, and rounded. The 

 tail short, narrow, cuneate, of twelve tapering feathers, of 

 which the medial are an inch longer than the lateral. 



The bill is bluish-black, with a Avhite band crossing each 

 mandible ; the basal margins and the inside of the mouth 

 yellow. The feet black. The upper part of the head, the 

 hind part and sides of the neck, and all the upper part of the 

 body and Avings, black, with a tinge of green. From the base 

 of the ridge of the upper mandible to the eye on each side is 

 a narrow line of minute white feathers, tipped Avith dusky. 

 The secondary quills are terminally margined Avith Avhite, 

 and the primaries have their inner webs shaded into light 

 broAvnish-grey. The throat, sides of the head, and upper 

 neck, fore part of the neck, and the rest of the loAver parts. 



