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This bird weighs fixteen ounces : the length, from Defc: 

 the point of the bill to the end of the tail, feven- 

 teen inches ; to the end of the toes one inch more : 

 the bill is three inches long, comprefTed on the fides, 

 and obtufe at the end, which makes Linnaus to com- 

 pare k to a wedge : its color is a beautiful orange: 

 The noftrils fhort and narrow : the tongue fcarce a 

 third the length of the bill. The irides are of a fine 

 crimfon : the edges of the eye-lids naked, and of a 

 bright orange ; beneath the lower is a ipot of white. 

 The head, neck, (capillars, and leffer coverts of the wings 

 are of a full black -, though in fome the neck on 

 each fide beneath the cheeks is marked with white: 

 the four firft greater covert feathers are dusky, the reft 

 tipt with white, the nearer!: ilightly, but as they ad- 

 vance the white gradually gains ground till it pofTeffes 

 half the feather. The ends and exterior fides of the 

 three firft quil-feathers are black : the lower interior 

 fides white : the fix next are marked in the fame 

 manner with the addition of a white fpct paffing on 

 each fide the upper part of the lhaft : the remaining 

 feathers are white, marked on the upper end with a 

 black fpot ; the two laft excepted, which are wholly 

 white : the tail confifts of twelve feathers \ their upper 

 half is black, the lower white : the bread, belly, 

 thighs, and under coverts of the wings are white : the 

 legs and feet are thick and ftrong ; of a dirty rlefii 

 color : the middle toe is connected to the exterior toe 

 as far as the firft joint, by a thick membrane : the- 

 claws are dusky, fhort and flat. 



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