CHEXALOPEX. SPURWING. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum capite longius, rec- , 

 turn, gracile, apice ro- 

 tundato, margo laminate; ; 

 mandibula superiore cur- ! 

 vata, apice unguiculata, 

 inferiore plana. 



yares ad basin rostri positse. 



CoUum mediocre. 



Alee calcaratae. 



Pedes in equilibrio corporis 

 sitat, tetradactyli ; digiti 

 anteriores toti palmati, pol- 

 lex simplex; tarsi subelon- 

 gati. 



Beak as long as the head, 

 slender, straight, its tip 

 rounded, the margin lami- 

 nated ; the upper mandible 

 curved, its tip hooked, the 

 lower flat. 



Xostrils placed at the base of 

 the beak. 



Neck mediocral. 



Wings armed with spurs. 



Legs placed in the equili- 

 brium of the body, four- 

 toed ; the anterior toes en- 

 tirely webbed, the hinder 

 one simple ; the tarsi some- 

 what elongated. 



CHEXALOPEX Autiquorum. 

 AX AS. Linn., Gmel., Briss., Lath. 

 AXSER Cur. 



_LJlSTIXGUISHED from the preceding genus by 

 the spurs or knobs with which the bend of the wing 

 is armed, and from the following by the superior 

 length of the beak. 



