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Genus 3. — GLARIOLA.— Brisson. 
Generic Character. —Bill short, convex, compressed near the 
point; upper mandible curved from its centre; nostrils basal, 
lateral, and obliquely cleft; legs feathered to the knee ; tarsus 
long and slender; the exterior toe united to the intermediate 
one by a short membrane, the interior toe free; hallux articu¬ 
lated to the tarsus ; claws long, subulate; wings very long. 
Glariola torquata. — The Collared Pratincole. 
Plate LV. fig. 2. 
Upper parts grayish-brown; throat reddish-white, bordered 
by a narrow black crescent-shaped band, reaching from the base 
of the bill on one side, to the same point on the opposite side ; 
quills and point of the tail feathers black ; ophthalmic region 
red. Nine inches and a half long. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 4.—PALAMEDEA.— Linnaeus. 
Generic Character. —Bill short, convex, and somewhat coni¬ 
cal ; compressed through its whole length; greatly curved at 
the point, and having a large nasal furrow ; head small, covered 
with down, having a slender flexible horn rising from the forehead, 
pointing forward ; nostrils lateral, ovate, and open, situated near 
the middle of the bill; legs short and thick; three toes before, 
the lateral connected to the middle one by a short membrane; 
the hallux formed for resting on the ground; wings large, with 
a spur on the flexure of the wing. 
Palamedea cornuta. — The Horned Screamer. 
Plate LVII. fig. 3. 
Black above and white beneath; horn on the forehead four 
inches long, tapering and flexible, inclosed in a sheath; irides 
golden-yellow; bill and legs black ; wings with two strong trian¬ 
gular spurs on the bastards. Two feet four inches long. 'In¬ 
habits South America. 
Genus 5.—CHAUNA.— Illiger. 
Generic Character .—Bill shorter than the head ; convex and 
somewhat conical, slightly arcuated, and curved at the tip ; lores 
naked ; nostrils oblong, pierced through, and situated a little 
way from the base of the bill; legs long, slender; toes long, 
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