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ORNITHOLOGY. 



d'n-.iricnte ; nostrils placed towards the centre, nnd near the 

 riiii<e, skin of the nostrils stretching backwards, covering the 

 Mcli-i uf the head ; tarsus longer than the middle toe, nails 

 hurt, strong ; tail generally bifurcated and large, with the 

 leathers broad and pointed. 



GaUut furcatus. Fork-tailed Cook. PI. 70, f. 22. Bill of 

 m.<l urn size, strung, and naked at the hase, upper mandible 

 arcuated, convex, bent towards the point; head surmounted 

 by a fleshy crest ; ears naked ; three anterior toes united to the 

 first joint; hallux raised from the ground; tarsus provided with 

 a long and bent spur ; middle feathers of the tail arcuated ; 

 win.'* short. 



Piuuianttt verticolor. Diard's Pheasant. PI. 70, f. 10. Bill 

 short, thickened, naked at the base, bent towards the point ; 

 ini-tnls basal, lateral; cheeks naked, warty; ears covered; 

 anterior toe* united to the first joint; tarsus with spurs in the 

 males, tail elongated, cuneiform, composed of eighteen feathers ; 



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Lophophorus impeyanut. Impeyan Lophophorus. PI. 70, 

 f. 6. Bill long, tliick, greatly arcuated, broad at the base; 

 upper mandible arched; very long, extending considerably 

 beyond the under one, edged at the point ; ridge elevated ; 

 nostrils basal, lateral, half closed by a thinly feathered mem- 

 brane ; tarsus covered with feathers above, and provided with 

 a long, sharp spur ; anterior toes united by a membrane; hal- 

 lux elevated ; tail short, rounded ; head with a crest. 



Tragopan satyrta. Nepanl Tragopan. P). 70, f. 24. Bill 

 of medium size, slightly arcuated from its base ; nostrils a little 

 way from the base of the bill, and nearly central; from the 

 base of the lower mandible is suspended a loose pendent akin, 

 susceptible of inflation ; face naked ; behind each eye a slen- 

 der horn-like process ; tarsus in both species armed with a 

 spur ; tail rather short. 



Poly pled ran emphanwn. Crested Polyplectron. PI. 70, f. 13. 

 Bill of medium size, straight, slender, compressed ; upper man- 

 dible beut towards the point; nostrils placed in the middle of 

 the bill, lateral, half closed by a naked membrane; orbits and 

 cheeks naked ; tarsus long, slender, and in the males furnished 

 with tw or more spurs; anterior toes united by a membrane ; 

 hallux elevated ; tail, long, rounded. 



Meleagris ocettata. Honduras Turkey. PI. 70, f. 15. Bill 

 short, thick, base covered with a naked skin ; head and upper 

 part of the neck furnished with a naked tuberculated skin ; a 

 loose, pendent caruncle on the upper part of the bill ; throat 

 provided with a longitudinal, pendulous, carunculated wattle ; 

 tarsus of the male with a spur; wings short, consisting of 

 eighteen feathers, spreading into a circle. 



Argui eiganteuf. Argus Pheasant. PI. 70, f. 8. Bill as 

 long as the head, straight, compressed; base naked; upper 

 mandible arcuated, bent towards the point; nostrils lateral, 

 situate in the middle of the bill ; half closed by a membrane ; 

 head, cheeks, and neck, naked ; tarsus slender, smooth ; ante- 

 rior toes united by a membrane ; hallux joined on the tarsus ; 

 tail ascending, compressed, consisting of twelve feathers, two 

 central ones greatly elongated. 



Numida crittaliis. Crested Pintado. PI. 70, f. 11. Bill 

 short, thick, arcuatvd, base covered by a warted membrane ; a 

 carunculated wattle suspended from the under mandible ; nos- 

 trils placed in the cere, divided by a cartilage ; head naked or 

 feathered, crown provided with a callous horn or crest ; tarsus 

 smooth ; anterior toes united by a membrane ; hallux attached 

 to the tarsus ; tail short, bent down. 



Patixi galeata. Galeated Curassow. PI. 70, f. 1. Bill short, 

 strong, arcuated, convex, compressed ; base of the upper man- 

 dible corneous, dilated; nostrils basal, lateral, open below; tar- 

 sus long, smooth ; anterior toes united by a membrane ; hallux 

 articulated to the tarsus, partially touching the ground; wings 

 short. 



Crax alector. Crested Curassow. PI. 70, f. 12. Bill long, 

 thick, sidf s compressed, point incurved, base covered by a cere ; 

 nostrils lateral, situate in the cere, half covered, open in front ; 

 crown ornamented with revoluted plumes ; three anterior toes 

 united at their base ; tail broad, pendent. 



Penelope marail. Marail. PI. 70, f. 14. Bill medium sized, 

 broader than deep, point compressed and bent; nostrils lateral, 

 orate, ha f covered by a membrane, open in front ; cheeks 

 Baked j throat with a longitudinal wattle, the centre caruncu- 

 lated; tarsus reticulated; anterior toes united by a mem- 

 brane ; hal.ux articu'ated on the same level ; wings short. 



Tetrao Canadensis. Spotted Grouse. PI. 70, f. 18. Bill 

 short, tliick, arcuated above, convex, bending towards the 

 point, base naked; nostrils basa', half closed by an arched scale 

 above, and concealed by small feathers ; eyebrows naked) with 

 scarlet warts ; tarsus feathered : toes united to the first j;>int; 

 hal'ux margined with asperities. 



Lagopus Saliciti. Willow I'tarmagan. PI. 70, f. 17. Bill 

 very short, base invested by feathers; upper mandible convex, 

 and bent towards the point; nostrils basal, lateral, partly closed 

 by an arcuated membrane, and almost concealed by close-set 

 feathers at the base of the bill; eyebrows naked; furnished 

 with a fleshy comb; wings short, c.mcave, third and fourth 

 quills longest; tail generally square at the extremity; tarsus 

 and toes completely feathered, hallux very short, and hardly 

 touching the ground with the point of the nail ; nails long, and 

 nearly straight. 



PCeroclet arenariui. Banded Sandgrouse. PI. 70, f. 19. 

 Bill of medium length, compressed, and slender, in some 

 species; uppi-r mandible straight, bent slightly towards the 

 point; nostrils basal, half closed by a membrane; toes short, 

 united to the first joint; hallux v -ry small, articulated high on 

 the tarsus ; fore part of tarsus feathered, back part naked ; tail 

 conical, in some species the t-o central feathers are elongated 

 and filifurin ; wing.i long, acuminate, first quill loi st 



Syrrhapttu PaUasii. Pallas's Sandgrouse. PI. 7' 1 , f. 27. Bill 

 short, conical, slender; upper mandible slightly bent, with a 

 groove along the ridge; nostrils basal, lateral, covered by fea- 

 thers in fron' . f e(>t W ith tliree toes unly, directed forwards, 

 and united their whole length ; t.irsus and toes covered with 

 woolly feathers ; tail conical, two central feathers elongated, 

 and filiform ; as also the first and second quilU. 

 Ortyx neoxenus. Welcome Quail. PI. 70, f. 10. Bill very 

 ion, thick, highly arched ; nostrils basal, half closed by an 



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arcuated membrane ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; toes 

 united by a membrane to the first joint; tail long, cuneiform 

 and rounded at its extremity. 



Perdix picta. Painted Partridge. PI. 70, f. 20. Bill short, 

 ompressed, strong, base naked; upper mandible arcuated, 

 onvex, much curved at the point; nostrils basal, lateral, half 

 closed by an arcuated, naked membrane; toes unitid by a mem- 

 brane to the first joint ; tail with fourteen or eighteen feathers, 



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traight, a e o; ss a, ong- 



tudinally cleft, placed near tlie middle of the bill, covered above 

 by a broad, naked membrane ; tarsus long ; toes united at their 

 base by a membrane; hallux not touching the ground, destitute 

 of a claw ; wings short. 



Tinamus sylvicolas. Barred Tinamoo. PI. 70, f. 31. Bill 

 straight, slender, depressed ; broader than deep, point rounded, 

 ridge distinct, forming a large nasal furrow, in which the nos- 

 trils are placed laterally; tarsus long, often with asperities be- 

 hind ; toes short, entirely divided ; hallux very short; tail very 

 short, or none ; wings short. 



T. nifescens. Guaza. PI. 70, f. 32. 



Hemipodius tachydromus. Andalusian Turnix. PI. 70, f. 



29. Bill straight, slender, much compressed, with an elevated 

 ridge, and curved towards the point; nostrils lateral, linear, 

 partly closed by a naked membrane; tarsus long; tliree ante- 

 rior toes, but destitute of a hallux ; tail feathers slender, con- 

 cealed by the upper coverts; first quill longest. 



ORDER XI. ALECTORIDES. 



Bill shorter than the head, or of the same length ; strong ; 

 upper mandible convex, frequently hooked at the point; tarsus 

 long, slender, three toes before, and one behind; hallux articu- 

 lated higher on the tarsus than the toes. 



Psophia crepitans. Golden-breasted Trumpeter. PI. 70, f. 



30, and pi. 71, f. 37. Bill short, conical, curved, greatly bent 

 at the point; upper mandible longer than the under; nasal 

 furrow wide, extended : imgtrils situate near the centre of the 

 bill, wide, diagonal, closed behind by a naked membrane ; legs 

 long, slender, middle and exterior toe united, the interior 

 separated ; hallux articulated interiorly, and on a level with 

 the toes ; wings short, concave ; tail very short. 



Dicholophus crittatus. Crested Dichulophiis. PI. 67, f. 27. Bill 

 longer than the head, thick, arcuated ; gape wide, extending to 

 the eyes, depressed at the base, compressed, and slightly hooked 

 at the point; nasal furrow large; nostrils small, covered by a 

 membrane ; legs long, slender ; toes very short and thick, 

 united at the base by a membrane ; hallux articulated to the 

 tarsus, and nut touching the ground; claws short, strong; 

 wings destitute of spines. 



GUtreola Isabella. White-throated Glareola. PI. 70, f. 33. 

 Bill short, convex, tip compressed ; upper mandible curved half 

 its length ; nostrils basal, lateral, obliquely cleft ; legs feathered 

 to the knee ; tarsus long, slender, exterior toe united to the 

 middle one by a short membrane, the inner toe quite separate ; 

 hallux articulated on the tarsus ; claws long, subulate ; wings 

 very long. 



Palamedea cornuta. Horned Screamer. PI. 70, f. 3 r >. Bill 

 short, conically convex, greatly curved at the point, compressed 

 its whole length ; nasal furrow large; head small, covered with 

 down, armed with a slender and flexible horn ; nostrils remote'. 

 from the base of the bill, lateral, oval, open ; legs short, thick ; 

 toes very long, lateral one connected with the centre toe by a 

 short membrane ; wings ample, and spurious, wings provided 

 with spurs. 



Chauna chavaria. Faithful Jacaua. PI. 70, f. 28. Bill 

 shorter than the head, conico-convex, slightly arcuated, curved 

 at the tip ; base provided with small feathers ; lores naked ; 

 nostrils oblong ; legs long, slender ; toes long, united by a mem- 

 brane; wings furnished with two spurs?. 



ORDER XII. CURSORES. 



Bill of medium size ; legs long, naked above the knee ; feet 

 with only two or three toes, directed forwards. 



Struthio camilus. Ostrich. PI. 67, f. 38. Bill straight, ob- 

 tuse, depressed, angulated and rounded at the point ; mandibles 

 equal and flexible; nostrils near the middle of the bill; legs 

 very long, strong, muscular, with only two toes directed for- 

 wards, the inner one much the shortest, and provided with a 

 large blunt claw ; tibia very fleshy to the knee ; wings short, 

 unfit for flight, composed of long, soft, flexible feathers, and 

 armed with a double spur. 



Rhea Americana. American Ostrich. PI. 70, f. 25. E 

 straight, short, soft, base depressed, tip slightly compressed, 

 and obtuse; lower mandible greatly depressed, flexible, and 

 rounded at the tip ; nostrils large, longitudinally cleft, open, 

 placed on the lateral surface of the bill ; legs long ; feet with 

 three anterior toes, and a callosity behind ; wings short, fea- 

 thers more of less long, a spur on the tip of the spurious wing. 

 Dromiceus Novce Hollandite. Emu. PI. 67, f. 37. Bill 



