LOBIPES INCANUS, (nobis). 

 Hoary Lobefoot. 



PLATE XVI. 



L. supra griseus, superciliis albis, fronte nuchaque canis ; lateribus colli pectorisque 

 ferrugineis, albo commixtis, uropigio albo ; remigibus nigris, inferiore pectoris, ab- 

 domine, crissoque albis ; rostro nigro ; tarsis pedibusque olivaceis. 



A he skin of this new species was purchased from Mr Leadbeateu of Lon- 

 don, who received two specimens from Mr Bullock on his return from 

 South America : they were brought to the market of Vera Cruz by the na- 

 tive bird-catchers, among different species of Tringce, Totani, &c. and are car- 

 ried thither tied two and two by the extremities of the pinions to a long pole. 

 It is in this way that South American skins, and particularly of those birds 

 which are used for food, have the plumage of one wing so frequently injured 

 or destroyed. 



In the texture of the feathers, and distribution of the colours, it resembles 

 the rest of the group. The tarsi are rather long, and much flattened, and 

 the lining membrane of the toes is not so broad, or so much scalloped, as in 

 the other species. 



Length seven inches. Crown of the head, back, greater and lesser wing- 

 coverts, and shoulders, clove-brown, with a mixture of blackish-grey, having 

 in both of the specimens brought to this country by Mr Bullock, feathers 

 of a darker shade, and of a reddish colour, mixed with the plumage of the 

 upper parts ; the greater wing-coverts and scapulars are edged with pale grey ; 

 the forehead, eye-brows, and back of the neck, hoary white ; the sides of the 

 neck and breast pale clear reddish-brown, shaded with white on the fore part 

 of the neck, and mixed with blackish grey and white feathers ; the cheeks 

 and throat, lower part of the breast, the belly, vent, and rump, pure white ; 

 the tail blackish-grey, the inner webs of the outer feathers white ; the bill 

 is black, smooth, and very slightly inclined upwards, 1^ inches in length ; the 

 legs and feet are blackish-green ; the claws are black. 



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