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thers, having their barbs close. The feathers of the 

 head are apparent between the ruffs, although that part 

 is very narrow ; the bill is partially concealed by the 

 plumage ; the feathers of the head and neck are ob- 

 long, the latter very long ; of the fore part of the 

 back elongated and oblong; of the hind part short, 

 broad, and entirely downy; of the lower parts long 

 and mostly downy. On the tibise they are short, ex- 

 tremely soft and silky ; on the tarsi and toes small, soft, 

 and blended. The wings are long and broad ; the pri- 

 mary qqills very broad, rounded, with slender shafts, 

 the outer a little incurved towards the end ; the first 

 sinuate on the inner web near the end, the second very 

 slightly so ; the second longest, the third little shorter, 

 the fourth a little shorter than the first ; the secondary 

 quills, which are fifteen, are slightly decurved, broad 

 and rounded, the three inner shorter and more feeble. 

 The outer quill in its whole length, the second towards 

 the end, and the first alular feather, have the barbs dis- 

 united and recurved at the points ; and the inner webs 

 of the quills and tail-feathers are covered with an ex- 

 tremely soft down. The tail is rather short, slightly 

 decurved, slightly rounded, of twelve broad, rounded 

 feathers, having feeble shafts. 



The bill is brownish-black, as are the claws ; the 

 irides bright yellow, tinged with red. The eye is sur- 

 rounded by a ring of brownish-black, much broader be- 

 hind. The anterior half of the disk is white, the tips 

 black, the posterior yellowish with black shafts. Tlie 

 anterior auricular ruff is white, the posterior yellowish, 

 each feather with an oblong brownish-black spot. The 

 upper part of the head, the hind neck, and the fore 



