OF THE KAGU, SUN-BITTERN, AND BOATBILI.. 467 
but the body was uncommonly lean; the entire carcass weighed only 1} 1b. The 
feathers were in a remarkably bad condition. 
Fig. 1. 
The Boatbill', Cancroma cochlearia, Linn., 3. 
* The above specimen, sketched from life, is that described anatomically in the present paper; the diseased 
condition of the feet, however, has not been rigidly adhered to. The woodblock has been kindly placed at 
my disposal by the Proprietor of the ‘Illustrated London News, in which journal it appeared, 6th April, 
1867. 
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