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surface of tJie wings of a wLite cuiour, inter- 

 miuglod with light brown, (forming a wMte 

 str^k^ «3yi;6^dixig tbe wMe^ length m ihet md&f 

 mtbs^f^ pen-feathers which are the 



same colour above as beneath ; tail, dark lead 

 colour, of a lighter tint on the under surface ; 

 iri4es, light brown ; a black mark on the upper 



off towards the base of the bill ; eyelids 

 bill yellow, with the tij)s of the mandibles, ospe- 

 cially the upper one, of a reddish colour, shaded 

 with black ; a black narrow membrane extends 

 arotrnd \mm of €ie bill^ foi^istg $, 

 guishiug character in tins species; feet bhuslly 

 ■with the \\ eb of a bluish brown colour. 



The dissection of this sjjecimen was as fol- 

 lows ; — The plenm md peritoneum (similar to 

 all the i&ther sp^eii&ens mminM) ^w^4^m& 

 inflated ; muscles attached to the air-cells ; liver 

 la roe ; right lobe in length three inches and two 

 eighths, left two inches and three-eighths, soft, 

 and easily torn ; gail bladder in length three 



the stontaeh^ mA part of l^e dixofdet^Dilii^ «td was 



filled with bile of a briglit grass-green colour; 

 leugtli of the first stomach three inches and 

 H half, longitudinal folds oi the inner coat 



