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in length, deftitute of teeth, and crook- 

 ed at the point, where it becomes wider, 

 and circular ; the upper mandible being 

 augmented with a nail, and forming a 

 cavity refembling a fpoon : this mandi- 

 ble is of a whitifh brown colour,- tranf- 

 parent, and difcovers through its upper 

 furf&ce the red ramifications of its blood- 

 veffels : the lower mandible is of the 

 Tame colour, but more flefhy and lels 

 tranfparent. The head is bald and whi- 

 tifh, but the body is covered with red 

 feathers, and the toes are connected by 

 webs. 



Here is alfo the Platalcea of Ltnnauu 

 with a flattilh bill, dilated, orbiculated, 

 and fiat at the point. It is of the fize 

 of a Sparrow : the upper part of its body 

 is brown, but the lower is white; and 

 it has four toes palmated. 



The Heron of Gaiana> with a long* 

 fh'ait-po;nted, com pre/Ted bill, with a 



fjrrow 



