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latter lialf an inch shorter than the third. The second, 

 third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, quills slightly cut out on 

 the outer web ; the first six deeply on the inner. The 

 tail very slightly rounded, the lateral feathers ten- 

 twelfths shorter than the longest. The quills twenty- 

 seven ; six strong humerals. A great tuft of feathers 

 over the abdomen, the latter having downy feathers 

 only. The middle part of the breast, and a large space 

 over the furcula, also covered with down. 



I was not allowed to open this specimen ; but, most 

 fortunately, am enabled to present an account of the 

 intestinal canal of another individual, a female, which 

 had been some time kept in captivity. For this I am 

 indebted to Mr William Jameson, who favoured me 

 with the inspection of the parts. 



The oesophagus very wide, dilated before the furcu- 

 la into a large pouch or crop, five and a half inches 

 long, three in its greatest breadth, and three in depth. 

 Behind this, at the distance of nine inches from the 

 fauces, it contracts to the diameter of an inch and a 

 quarter, and then gradually enlarges, to form the pro- 

 ventriculus, which is surrounded by glandules, and di- 

 lates at its union with the stomach, which is compara- 

 tively small, and of a broad oblong rather flattened 

 form. The oesophagus, and especially the crop, are 

 very thin, the transverse muscular fibres not conspicu- 

 ous ; the mucous coat forming longitudinal plaits when 

 not dilated. The glandules of the proventriculus are 

 comparatively small. 



The walls of the stomach are thin ; but its muscular 

 coat is well marked, and its central tendons nine-twelfths 

 in diameter. The cesophagus is twelve inches and 



