THE 
SOUTHERN SHEATHBILL. 
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Generic Character. 
Bill strong, conically-convex, compressed; the 
upper mandible covered at the base by a 
moveable horny sheath. 
Face naked, covered with papillae. 
Specific Character, &c. 
White SHEATHBILL, with scattered papillre 
about the face. 
The Southern or White SHEATHBILL. 
White SHEATHBILL. 
Lath. syn. 3. p. 268. 
The genus Vaginalis or Sheathbill is one of the 
new genera which, in consequence of the late dis¬ 
coveries in ornithology, it has been found necessary 
to institute. The species here represented is the 
only one at present known, and is about the size of 
a common Pigeon. It is a native of New Holland 
and of the scattered Southern islands. 
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