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tL^rnal Hppearauce, very vassculur ; it \vu» u«arly 

 empty of food, having only a few gi'aius of paddy 

 imiigled wilib s<»3^ qmeti^tl^ 

 tercd grains of paddy were also soen in tlie iiioiith 

 and ii-iill('t, so it a]>p('ars the bird liad died 

 whilst ill tlie act of feeding. There was much 

 yellowish fat about the crop, as well as other 

 fm&jm pC t&e body. 



Sbtl^'^SII -the skull ami the lTite_L>'iinKMit>. rlirre 

 wasnnic'h seeretitui of a serous Huid ; lint 1 could 

 observe no museiihir ap[mratiis for raisin<2,' ur de- 

 pressing the crest. But underneatli tlie crest, 



iheiweea tli«i shiSl m4 ^ it^egom&mi, was 

 mvudh fat| a thickenmg, as if of cellular mem- 

 hrarie ; and glands secreting the elegant and 

 delicate feathers formings the crest. 



The eyes and corresponding orbits were \ cry 

 large ; indeed, I may say reiiiarl:iibly so, COJI- 

 sSderfng^liie me of ^kuU, to pCfSteyior por- 

 tion of which w$e very tliick, and the brain of a 

 small size, in ]>roporti(ni to what w(}uld ]iave 

 been expected from the external appearance of 

 the cranium. 



The lungs were mtt mi readily Imkest, 

 ■WjeH as the liver, although neither of them hSid 

 an unhealthy colour in their external appear- 

 ance. Upon the under surface i»f the latter 

 organ, there was a small and nearly oval body, 



