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PALMIFFJDES. 



SUBFAMILY II. 

 Plectropterin.e.* Tlte Sijur -winged Geese. 



Gen. Chahac. — Bill long, gonorally of equal width throughout, and armed at 

 the tip with a strong broad nail, the apical part of the tibia and knee naked ; 

 the tarsi lengthened, compressed, and covered with small subquadrate 

 scales ; the toes moderate, and the anterior ones more or less united by a 

 membrane, the hind toe long, simple, and generally elevated. 



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Fig. 193. — the fox-goose. 

 {CkpiHilopex jiibatus.) 



The Geese belonging to this sub-family are re- 

 markable on account of the structure of their wings, 

 which are armed at the wrist with one or two shai-p 



* TrXrJKTpov, plektron, a cock's spur; impov, pteron, a m?jgr ; 

 Spur-winged. 



