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PLATALEA AJAJA. 
these are of a whitish tint, stained with red ; 
Viili, otaillCU Witu xcw, 
nostrils are oblong-, and placed in the centre ol 
ttf 
upper mandible ; from the lower end of each <■- „ 
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runs a deep groove along each side of the ma ndil’;’ 
and about a quarter of an inch from its edge ; 
crown and chin, hare of plumage, and covered 
•- greenish skin ; that below the under mandiW, 
b oxiiii , txid,h ueiu>v Liie unuer manw* . 
dilatable like those of the genus pelicarms; 
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round the eye, orange ; irides, blood red : cheeks ^^1, 
- - - 1 fl ir; 
hindhead, a bare black skin ; neck, long, covered > 
short wliite feathers, some of which, on the upf, 
— • ’ ■ wli’'; 
part of the neck, are tipt with crimson ; breast, '^ “'a 
the sides of which — ^ 
are tinged with a brown 
colour ; from the upper part of the breast procee*** 
long tuft of fine hair-like plumage, of a pale rose col*'® ^ 
back, white, slightly tinged with brownish ; wii's*’ J 
pale wild rose colour, tlie shafts lake ; the shoulde)'*. ^ 
the wings are covered with long hairy plumage, ® „ 
deep and splendid carmine; upper and lower tail-coV^'^j 
the same rich red ; belly, rosy; rump, paler ; tail, •’C 
at the end, consisting of twelve feathers of a hnfj 
brownish orange, the shafts reddish; legs and 
part of the thighs, dark dirty red ; feet, half wehb‘^J 
toes, very long, particularly the hind one. The upPi 
part of the neck had the plumage partly worn aM'aV’g 
if occasioned by resting it on the back," in the 
of the ibis. The skin on the crown is a little wrinka^ 
the inside of the wing a much richer red than 
outer. 
