I.F.CM HK III. 19 



inspirit^, ha\e exhibited tin- least appearance of 

 I'M- MM klinu the \ouiiL r ; nor i> il < a>y to COI1- 

 ceive \i\\ the animal roiild perform tip- action of 

 Mirk: Oce tin- mouth or Mioul hi-ars tli*- iii'M 



.Mam to the hill of a Dm k, ami par- 

 Meularlv tu that of the broad-billed Ducks called 

 Show -Hers. This beak is surrounded at tin- ! 

 by a circular llap or border, resembling leather, 

 and perfectly .separating the base of the bill from 

 the I'm- of the head. There are no teeth of any 

 kind; and cvc-n the tubercles or processes, which 

 may be perceived by dissection, on each side the 

 base or back part of the beak, are not real teeth, 

 having no sockc not bring of a really bony 



nature. The tongue is situated very far back in 

 the mouth, and is broad and short: the fore-feet 

 are wrhbrd, much more widely in proportion than 

 in any other \vrb-footed quadruped, and are fur- 

 nished with five short, sharp, and strong claws: 

 the hind-fret are less deeply webbed, and have 

 of a slightly curved form; besides 

 which, in the male animal is situated on each 

 foot ronic and sharp crooked spur or 



.-i\th claw, not ill resembling the spur of a 

 Cock: the body is of a broad, and sli^InK d< - 



