NEW HOLLAND CEREOPSIS. 



67 



the first who described the bird, and gave the name 

 to the genus ; but he says, in his description, that 

 the head is " wholly covered, beyond the ears, with 

 a rough skin or cere," and that the legs are " stout, 

 bare much above the knee ; the toes CLOVEN, and the 

 outer one connected to the middle at the base :" which 

 characters do not agree with those of the specimen 

 " that is now in the British Museum," as the doctor 

 informs us in the new edition of his Synopsis, nor 

 with those of any other known bird ; whereas the cha- 

 racters laid down by Temmtnck agree in every respect 

 with the specimen in the collection above alluded to, 

 and from which the accompanying figure was taken. 

 Latham placed this genus among the Grallse ; but 

 as its feet are decidedly palmated, and its general 

 habit seems to connect it with the birds of this family, 

 I have removed it from thence to its present, appa- 

 rently, more natural situation. 



NEW HOLLAND CEREOPSIS. 



(Cereopsis Novae Hollandiae.) 



CE. cinereo-grisea, supra Juscescens, tectricibus alarum maculis 

 aliquot nigris. 



Ashy-grey Cereopsis above brownish, with some of the wing- 

 coverts spotted with black. 



Cereopsis Novae Hollandiae. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. Ixvii. 



Anser griseus. Vieil. 2 Edit, du Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. t. 23. 

 p. 338. 



Cereopsis cendre. Temm. Pla. Color, no. 206. 



New Holland Cereopsis. Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. 325.pl. 138 *. 



