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depressed, and a little widened toward the end, rounded at 
the tip. Upper mandible with dorsal line sloping, the ridge 
very broad at the base, with a large depression, narrowed be¬ 
tween the nostrils, convex toward the end, the sides nearly erect 
at the base, gradually becoming more horizontal and convex 
toward the end; the sides soft and thin, with forty-five tranverse 
little elevated lamellae internally ; the unguis obovate. Lower 
mandible narrow, flattened, with the angle very long, rather 
narrow, anteriorly rounded, the sides convex, the edges erect, 
inclinate, with about twenty-six external lamellae, and about se¬ 
venty above, the unguis obovate-triangular. Dorsal groove 
elliptical, sub-basal, covered by the soft membrane of the bill; 
nostrils sub-medial, longitudinal, placed near the ridge, elliptical, 
pervious. 
“ Head of moderate size, oblong, compressed; neck extreme¬ 
ly long and slender. Body very large, compact, depressed. 
Feet short, stout, placed a little behind the centre of the body; 
legs bare an inch and a half above the joint. Tarsus short, a 
little compressed, covered all round with angular scales, of 
which the posterior are extremely small. Hind toe extremely 
small, with a very narrow membrane ; third toe longest, fourth 
very little shorter, second considerably shorter; anterior toes 
covered with angular scales for nearly half the length, scutellate 
in the rest of their extent, and connected by broad reticulated 
entire membranes. Claws rather small, strong, arched, com¬ 
pressed, rather obtuse, that of the middle toe much larger, with 
a dilated thin edge. 
“ A portion of the forehead about half an inch in length, and 
the space intervening between the bill and eye are bare. Plu¬ 
mage dense, soft and elastic ; on the head and neck the feathers 
oblong, acuminate; on the other parts in general, broadly 
ovate, rounded; on the back short and compact. Wings broad 
and long, the anterior prominence of the first phalangeal bone 
very prominent; primaries curved, stiff, tapering to an obtuse 
point; the second longest, exceeding the first by half an inch, 
and the third by a quarter of an inch, secondaries very broad 
