a very thick, foft, and beaver-like fur, and is of a 
moderately dark brown above, and of a fubferrugi- 
nous white beneath. The head is flattifh, and rather 
fmall than large: the mouth or fnout, as before ob~ 
ferved, fo exactly refembles that of fome broad¬ 
billed fpecies of duck that it might be miftaken for 
fuch : round the bafe is a flat, circular membrane, 
fomevvhat deeper or wider below than above ; viz. 
below near the fifth of an inch, and above about an 
eighth. The tail is flat, furry like the body, rather 
fhort, and obtufe, with an almofl bifid termination: 
it is broader at the bafe, and gradually leflens to the 
tip, and is about three inches in length: its color 
is fimilar to that of the body. The length of the 
whole animal from the tip of the beak to that of the 
tail is thirteen inches: of the beak an inch and half. 
The legs are very fhort, terminating in a broad web, 
which on the fore-feet extends to a confiderable 
diftance beyond the claws; but on the hind-feet 
reaches no farther than the roots of the claws. On 
the fore-feet are five claws, ftrait, flrong, and fharp- 
pointed : the two exterior ones fomewhat fhorter 
than the three middle ones. On the hind feet are 
fix claws, longer and more inclining to a curved form 
than thofe of the fore-feet: the exterior toe and claw 
are confiderably fhorter than the four middle ones : 
the interior or fixth is feated much higher up than 
the reft, and refembles a flrong, fharp fpur. All 
the legs are hairy above: the fore-feet are naked both 
above and below; but the hind-feet are hairy above, 
and naked below. The internal edges of the under 
mandible, (which is narrower than the upper) are 
ferrated 
