Show ni A A huge specimen of this bird was wa g killed ki lied a few days since on the beach at M monterey c i its dimensions ions are agven g veil as follows by b y a correspondent of the california farmer I 1 the bird before us is a fein feindle fei nale ile and weighed 20 pounds avoirdupois when killed the following I 1 are its dimensions and land ir lions fr frothi n I 1 beatt to the end rf of 0 wil lail feathers four feet six in 1 11 I 1 nyo 1 tp ir 4 in fl fin ln 11 ln lin of llie ille winos wings stretched out in inches clies tail feathers twelve in number and illi leen inches lonz ions from the ruffle on tile the neck to venta vent two feet nine inches it his thirty two brach brachial iii feat featherson herWon each whig ehg lie he five long outer wing f fe e 1 altiers measure measure tiao uvo feet five indies inches its breadth across the breast bone is eight inches I 1 under the win wings ws and over the breast it has if Is a long along triangular if layer ayer of dirty white feather en t he es s and tile the 0 outside i c of the lower part nf tile the wings is also dasher ea with W it a few fe feathers tipped with wha wha te the R 1 ie d n lo 10 the commencement of the beak is covered kovei d mith y ich a beautiful lemon colored I 1 loose skin the beak is one and faix hc eighths of I 1 an all inch long and curved over with a point t as ha hard r d as iron alro n with a waved edge a as s sharp i asa as a knife the anler beakas be akis ft a perfect half cylinder I 1 liri d r I 1 into which fits the ni nicest accuracy a hollow hollo v tongue e of th the e same shape this tongue oil gue is is a I 1 curious urious feature being one a and nd s seven ven gitlis ei of i an inch long by half broad ar and id is serrated with a hardened edging inclining irig down the I 1 gullet gallet which tahe abe bird uses with great force and power in reducing its quod for digestion digesti ox previous to swallowing I 1 i the head is inches longi long i and is barred over with a tji angular shaped band of bla black c I 1 d eath erets on a naked white skin across I 1 the h crown it measures man three inches the neck is bare of feathers is of apale a pale dirty flesh color and is seven inches long fram the base of the skull to the ruffle at the root of the neck it is I 1 furnished with a ruffle of stift stiff broad feathers feat fiers with elongated points at the root of the net neck k into which it burie sits neck when at rest its legs are of a dirty white color and measure tel ten inches from tile the knee joint to the end ar d of the lie cla claw of the m main ain toe the feet con consist M t of four toes lops winch are armed with strow strong black I 1 curved cl aws its middle toe is rive five and an d a half inches long which includes it a claw of 0 one ne arid and half inches in length the hind to toe e with a claw i is only one and half ili inches clies long ion T the lie breadth I 1 of alie lie foot aci across n the palm is two and one fourth I 1 I 1 inches tile the length of the legs from tile hip joint to the end of the middle toe tee is fifteen in dips clips arsac sac union ii I 1 I 1 |