^A KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY. 



This plumulaceous character of the plumage is not unexpected. 

 Although Marsh nowhere mentions the plumage in his work, I 

 know that he personally had the opinion that it was of a downy 

 character. That the feathers of the tarsus should extend to the 

 feet in a wading bird seems surprising, but there can be no other 

 interpretation of the specimen. 



