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saiita anmärkningar. Pag. 38 visar Förf. 

 att Strix acadica Gmel. är TJie little Owl 



hos 



SUBCLASS IL 



Hind toe articulated higher on the tarsus 

 tlian the före toes, incapahle of ^rasping, 

 or wanting. 



ORDER III. GALLINS. 



Tarsi roiinded, robust, rather short; ti- 

 biae wholly featheved: bill short, vaiilted. 



21. Gallisacei. Foie toes connected at ba- 

 se by a membrane. 



* Tarsi naked. ** Tarsi feathered 



22. Crypturi. Toes not connected by a 

 membrane. 



*Four toed. **Three toed. 



ORDER IV. GRALL^. 



Tarsi rounded, slender, elongated; tibiae 

 ahnost always partly naked; bill generally 

 elongated. 



23. Struthiones. Feet two or three toed; 

 toes divided: no qiiill feathers. 



24. Pressirostres. Bill moderate, rather ro- 

 bust: hind toe wanting or very short. 



25. Alectrides. Bill short, stout, subvaul- 

 ted: toes four, some or all connected. 

 *Hind toe not louching the ground, 



** Hind toe bearing on the ground. 



26. Herodii. Bill elongated, stoiit, robust. 

 *Hind toe touching the ground only at tip. 

 **Hind toe bearing on the gi'ound with 



several joints. 



27. Falcati. Bill very long, arcuated: face 

 naked: hind toe bearing on the ground 

 nearly its whole length. 



28. LimicoljK. Bill elongated, slender: hind 

 toe hardly touching the ground, or wanting. 



29. Macrodactyli. Bill short or moderate: 

 toes divided, very long: hind toe bearing 

 on the first joint. 



*Toes simple. **Toes pinnated. 



