The wings have a very thin appearance and are short and rounded, each feather 

 being also rounded at the tip and rather broad ; tail absent, its place supplied by the 

 coverts ; all the feathers soft and lax. 



Dimensions. — Total length about 13 inches, wing 6, tarsus 3 J, middle toe with claw 

 just under 3, culmen # 75. 



