Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A General History of Birds, Vol. 3
This, the largest of the Genus, weighs from two and a half to three pounds; length about two feet, extent of the wings four. Bill two inches and three quarters long, and covered with bristles for two thirds of its length, hiding the nostrils colour of the plumage fine, rich, glossy blue - black; beneath more dull, inclining to dusky.
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