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strong curved claws, which also recall those of an Accipitrine. A tuft of bristly 

 feathers rises from the base of the bill, while there is also a short crest on the 

 neck, and the feathers of the breast are lanceolate. The wing is short, although 

 hard and powerful, with the fourth and fifth quills the longest, and the secondaries 

 greatly elongated, the tail being long, graduated, and composed of ten feathers. 

 The internal anatomy comes nearest to that of the cranes, with some approach to the 



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rails. In general color, the plumage is gray, each feather being marked with zigzag 

 darker lines on the upper parts; the elongated feathers of the head and neck are 

 blackish brown; the quills are brown, with white bands on the inner webs; and 

 while the central pair of tail feathers are uniform grayish brown, the other eight 

 are blackish brown with white tips and roots. The iris of the eye is sulphur yel- 

 low, the naked ring round the eye bluish, the beak coral red, and the leg reddish 

 brown in front, and redder on the sides. The female is more yellowish gray in color, 



