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of the mouth a dark a ill color, almoft black : the 

 tongue (remarkably lingular) being very fhort, 

 heart fhaped, and when drawn back, ferving as a 

 valve to ciofe the entrance of the throat, which it 

 feems to do effectually ; when pulled forward has 

 the appearance of a triangular button : the ears, or 

 auditory apertures large, and placed an inch be- 

 hind the angles of the mouth. Plumage of the 

 whole body, wings, and tail white : on the back- 

 part of the head a beautiful creft of white fea- 

 thers, hanging pendent behind the neck ; their 

 length about five inches \ which, in the living fub- 

 jecl, gives it a very beautiful appearance. 



Weight of the fowl, three days after killed, was 

 three pounds and a half. 



The legs black, their length fix inches, and 

 thighs the fame ; the latter naked about half their 

 length -, toes connected by a fmall web, extending 

 to the firft joint on each. 



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