488 LESTKLS rOMARINUS. 



as high at iho hase, moderately eoniprcssed toward the end. 

 straight, "with the tip dccurvcd ; the upper mandible Avith 

 the dorsal line straight to the end of the cere, then much 

 decurved, the ridge broad and rounded, with a shallow 

 groove on each side ; the nasal space covered by a thin 

 plate ; the sinus very short, broad, and feathered ; the 

 branches narrow and convex ; the edges sharp and in- 

 flected ; the tip very strong, slightly convex on the sides, 

 much decurved, thin-edged, pointed ; the lower mandible 

 with the intercrural space long and narrow ; the branches 

 broad, erect, convex, with an obliquely ascending groove at 

 the base, their lower outline nearly straight, the angle little 

 prominent, the dorsal line ascending, slightly concave, the 

 edges sharp and inflected ; the tip compressed, obtuse, thin- 

 edged ; the gape-line nearly straight, at the end decurved. 



The nostrils are obovato-oblong, four-twelfths long. Eyes 

 rather small ; eyelids feathered, with a bare crenulate 

 margin. Feet of moderate length, rather slender ; tibia bare 

 for three-fourths of an inch ; tarsus moderately compressed, 

 with twenty decurved scutella ; the sides reticulated ; the 

 hind part very rough, Avith pointed deflexed scales. The 

 hind toe extremely small and elevated, its claw large, 

 arcuate, deflected, pointed ; anterior toes of moderate length, 

 the third longest, the fourth nearly as long ; the inner with 

 twenty scutella, the middle toe with thirty, the outer with 

 twenty-eight. The interdigital membranes full, margined 

 with small prominent scales. The claw of the inner toe 

 strong, compressed, acuminate, luicinate ; that of the middle 

 toe less curved, and w4th its inner edge expanded ; that of 

 the outer toe much smaller, compressed, acute, and much 

 curved. 



The plumage is close, elastic, soft, and blended ; on the 

 neck with stiffish glossy barbs ; on the back and Avings 

 rather compact. Wings very long, rather broad, pointed ; 

 primary quills tapering, rounded at the tip, the first longest ; 

 secondary quills rather short, rounded. Tail of moderate 

 length, the feathers broad and rounded, the two middle two 

 inches longer. 



Bill bluish-grey, tinged with green, dusky at the end. 



