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SUB-FAMILY I. 



Treroxin.e.'- 



The Tree Pigeons. 



Gen. Chabac— Bill short, with the ends of both mandibles vaulted, and of 

 nearly equal thickness ; the tarsi very short, and more or less feathered ; 

 the toes divided at the base, the inner much shorter than the outer, and the 

 claws short and curved. 



Fig. 1H)— the capped thee-pigeox 



{PfiloiiopHS occipitulk-,) 



The birds to wliicli tlie name of " Tree Pigeons '' 

 has been given, are distinguished by their generally 

 shorty stout bill, in which the ridge of both man- 

 dibles is nearly equally arched, and by their very 

 short tarsi_, which are usually clothed with feathers 



* TpijpMV, treron, timorous, slui. 

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