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SCAN so RES. 



SUB-FAMILY I. 

 Pezoporin.'E." The Ground-Parrots. 



Gen. Charac. — Bill moderate, with the eulmen usually rounded and arched 

 to the tip, which is sometimes dentated ; the tarsi more or less short and 

 robust ; and the tail broad, lengthened, and more or less graduated, with 

 the ends of the feathers narrowed, and rounded or pointed. 



Fig. li;5 — tuk hokixed ground-parrot. 



(Plufijcercus cornutus.) 



* TTf^o-TTopor, pezo-poros, a pedestrian, one ivho goes over the 

 gmnal on foot. 



