in liglitcr sliiides of tli(i same colouPj forming* an 

 agreeable contrast witk the delicate le&den liuc 



Bill blackish ; upper sutfeje 1mmf i {^tmhA 



with light l>!a('k at i^omc part?,) cxtciiflinp^, of a 

 simihir appeariUK-e, to the booked process of tlie 

 upper mandible. At the lower part of the iii- 

 feifar Uiliflalifefe^ ihis hbmy appearance dm ex- 

 tends to wllhin an incL of the tip. Irides brorwn ; 

 tlie first pen-feather the hmgcst ; feet and legs 

 marbh'd, the web marl)led bbic, more at the 

 anterior edges, and between the second and 



third toei^i i^m^ of tfee ttiynM ontwrdii, 

 (to the righi.). 



There is a very minute tubercle at the pos- 

 terior, and lower part of the tarsus, whic h is 

 considered by some as a rudiment of tlmnib, 

 md I Mppos© ^ that aUufei to by Lesson, 

 when ha says ^ tbk genus, pouce sans 

 ougles." 



The la-cos of this Sj^ecimon were of a reddisli 

 purple colour, as if occasioned by his swallowing 

 some Aplysiae j but tlie skeleton of a Loligo wa$ 

 s0My hmd in Im ^tofBiaeh, i*ie mtej*io!r of 

 wlilch, as well as the whole lengtli of the intes- 

 tinal canal, was seen on dissection to be tin<icil 

 of a similar colour; hnt no remains oi" iVplysia* 

 to be found ; could the colon r, then, have 



