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Genus III. — PHALERIS, Temm. PHALERIS. 
Bill shorter than the head, stout, straightish, broad at the base, com 
pressed toward the end ; upper mandible with a prominent basal rim as in 
the Puffin, its dorsal line convex and declinate, the sides sloping, the edges 
sharp, with a deep sinus close to the narrow, declinate, blunt tip ; lower 
mandible with the angle rather long and wide, the dorsal line ascending 
and a little convex, the sides sloping outwards, the edges sharp, the tip 
ascending, obliquely truncate. Nostrils linear-oblong, direct, near the 
margin, in the horny part of the bill. Head rather large, ovate ; neck short 
and thick ; body full and compact. Feet short, placed far behind ; tibia 
bare below ; tarsus very sho'rt, much compressed, anteriorly scutellate ; toes 
three, connected by emarginate webs ; middle and outer toes of the same 
length. Claws rather stout, moderately arched, compressed, rather obtuse. 
Plumage dense, blended, soft. Wings of moderate length, very narrow, 
pointed. Tail very short, rounded, of fourteen feathers. 
CURLED-CHESTED PHALERIS. 
PHALERIS CRISTATELLA, Gmel. 
PLATE CCCCLXVIL— Adult. 
My drawing of this singular bird, which belongs to the north-west coast, 
was taken from a specimen in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Since 
then I procured one for description, from Mr. Leadbeater. 
Alca cristatella, Gmel. Syst. Nat., vol. i. p. 552. 
Corled-crested Phaleris, Phaleris cristatella , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 102. 
