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 Avm.] NATURAL !118N)RY.  that the side of the nail of the middle to is considerably dilated, nithough not serrated, similar to what is observed among the Pe/can/d. Thela cham0tex'l offer a corroboration of the affiaity of the $to'n to the family of the Pelecanid, and particularly to the genus PZmito, which approaches the Trs more closely than any other roup of that family, in the smaller sze of the membmae that unites the toes (see Linn. Trans. xiv. 50�It may also be stated on the other hand, that the same membrane of the $.*M fbce,ub deviates from its own genus, and approaohes tho .Pemmddd, in its being more dilated than usual. The winge are longer than the 1 for a considerbh extent, by which our bird also evinces another character, in common with the Ion-winge. d 2'fA, or Frite bird. 14. Lxius OhOnOn, (u.s.) Rootelam Hayurn, api�e rubre; maudlbnin lnfdo onlde mn, l,n nnsht&; euef primores ntru, #aundn4n ,ulM Lonfitedo ,.pof, S8; aZx,. csrpo m/remijem prmru 1; mmuf&.ra, superioris ad frntm, S, ad rictum, 8  This bird was found at King George the Third's Sound, on the Sough-west Coast, in the vicinity of Seal Bland.

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