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In Ibis alba the extremity is narrowed and terminated by a small rather pointed horny plate, divided into two unequal portions, as represented by fig. 5. The Tantali have this part also narrowed at the end, flattened, and terminated by a semicircular slightly projecting plate or hooflet. The same appearance is presented in Hæmatopus palliatus, in which, however, the extremity is more rounded, the semicircular plate more decurved, and concave above, as represented by fig. 6. In Rallus elegans, fig. 7, and the Rails generally, the terminal plate is similar, but narrow and rather curved upwards. It is in the genera Strepsilas, Charadrius and Totanus, that the terminal plate, being narrower, more elongated and more pointed, assumes more especially the semblance of a second claw. The extremities of the middle toes of Totanus semipalmatus and Charadrius Pluvialis, are represented by figs 8. and 9.

Having now reached the point from which I started, according to the approved method of reasoning in a circle, or if not, of exhibiting natural objects in a circular arrangement, I take my leave, hoping that when I again request your indulgence, I shall be enabled to present you with something equally curious, and perhaps better calculated to induce you to extend your inquiries into the neglected parts of the structure of those objects, whose investigation cannot fail to raise our minds towards the Being who framed the beautiful and harmonious system of which we form a part.

ERRATA.

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INDEX.

Page

Alca Torda, 112

American Coot, 291

— Oyster-catcher, 181

— Snipe, 322

— Sun Perch, 47

— Woodcock, 474

Anas acuta, 214

— Boschas, 174

— Crecca, 219

— Sponsa, 52

Anser albifrons, 598

— canadensis, 1

— Hutchinsii, 526

— leucopsis, 609

Arctic Jager, 470

— Tern, 366

Ardea candidissima, 317

— exilis, 77