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GENUS ECTOPJSTES, SWAINSON. 



The characters of this group, as given by Mr 

 Swainson, who first separated the members belong- 

 ing to it from the Turtles, are as follows : Bill 

 slender, the tip of the upper mandible emarginated. 

 Wings sub- elongated and pointed, the first and third 

 quills equal, the second the longest. Tail rounded 

 or cuneated. Legs short, naked. The tarsi scaled 

 as in genus Turtur. 



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