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AMERICAN 
2. 
NEW 
HIOLLAND 
DEscRIPTION, 
£ 294 } 
Div. I. WATER BIRDS. 
Orper VII. WITH CLOVEN FEET. 
Genus LXVI. JABIRU. 
N°. American J. N° 3.. Senegal J. 
2. New Holland J.. 
Myé€teria Americana, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 670. 1- 
American Jabiru, Gew. Syz. v. p. 22. pl. Ixxv. 
E beg leave here to expunge the Fabiru-guacu and Nbandbu- 
apoa of Ray and Willughby, as well as the Touyouyou of M. Bajon®. 
We have before had our doubts in refpeé to this matter, and further 
obfervations oblige us to reftore them to their place in a diftinét cenus, 
noticed above under the name of Rhea. The reft of the fynonyms 
quoted on this occafion may ftand, as alfo the figure given of it in the 
Gen, Synopfis, pl. 75. 
New Holland Jabiru, Linn. Tran/. v. p. 34. 2. 
HiIS fpecies meafures, from the tip of the bil! to the end of the 
claws, full fix feet: the bill is a foot long; neck fifteen inches ; 
thighs ten inches: legs almoft the length of the bill: the upper man- 
dible of which is nearly ftrait, or but juft fenfibly curved upwards; 
* Mem. fur Cayenne. 
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