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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