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Valve formed of three projections. Intestine very slen- 

 der, nearly uniform in diameter until towards the ex- 

 tremity, wliere it is dilated ; two small cseca. 



Nostrils oval, oblique, lateral, open, with a process 

 from the anterior marj^in, and placed in the fore edge 

 of the cere. Eyes large, overhung by a thin projecting 

 eyebrow ; eyelids edged with bristly feathers. Aper- 

 ture of the ear roundish, rather large. 



Head broad, large, roundish ; neck ratlier long and 

 strong ; body full and muscular, of great breadth ante- 

 riorly ; wings long. liegs of moderate length, strong ; 

 tibiai proportionally long, strong and muscular ; tarsi 

 short, rounded, robust, feathered to the toes, which are 

 strong, united at the base by a short web, first and se- 

 cond of nearly equal length, the former stronger, fourth 

 shorter and smallest, third considerably longer, all co- 

 vered above with series of angular scales, until at the 

 end where there are a few large scutella, beneath gra- 

 nulate ; claws large, curved, tapering, acute, convex 

 above, rounded on the sides, flat and broadish beneath, 

 those of the first and second toes largest, that of the 

 middle toe with an inner sharp edge and deep groove. 



Plumage compact, imbricated, glossy. Cere bare ; 

 space between the bill and eye sparsely covered with 

 very small, narrow feathers having distant disunited 

 barbs. Feathers of the neck narrow, of the back 

 broad, of the belly very soft and downy, of the outer 

 part of the tibia elongated. Wings long, broad, round- 

 ed, the fourth or fifth quill longest ; the primary quills 

 broad, tapering, but rounded at the end ; the secondary 

 broad and rounded. Tail rather long, broad, rounded, 

 of twelve broad, rounded and acuminate feathers. 



