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S. Tengmalmi, Lin. (S. dasypus, Bechst.) Tail and wings longer 

 in proportion than the preceding ; upper parts of the body brown, 

 shaded with blackish ; top of the head and neck marked with 

 small whitish rounded spots ; bill and iris yellow ; tarsus and toes 

 downy. Eight inches long. Inhabits Europe. Tern. Man. 94. 



S. acadica, Lin. (S. pygmcea, Bechst.) Upper parts of the body 

 of a deep. gray brown, with whitish spots and points; inferior 

 parts with longitudinal brown spots ; large white spots on the 

 throat and sides of the neck j tail with four narrow white bands ; 

 feet feathered to the claws ; bill lead-coloured, orange at the 

 base, and yellowish at the point ; iris yellow. Six inches long. 

 Inhabits Northern Europe. Tern. Man. 96. 



S.ferruginea, Tern. Plumage above of a fine red, below whitish 

 yellow, striped with rufous ; scapulars spotted with whitish yel- 

 low ; tail in the female banded with brown. Six inches and a- 

 half long. Inhabits Brazil. Tew. PI. Col. 199. 



S. nudipes, Daud. Body above brownish fawn-coloured ; coverts of 

 the wings spotted with white ; under parts dirty white, with 

 brownish spots ; legs naked and brown ; bill blackish. About 

 seven inches long. Inhabits St Domingo. Shaw, vii. 269. 



ORDER II. OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. (Omnworce.) 



Bill middle-sized, robust, sharp on the edges ; the upper man- 

 dible more or less convex and notched at the point ; feet with 

 four toes, three before and one behind ; wings of medium 

 size, with the quill-feathers terminating in a point. 



The birds which compose this order are gregarious, and monogamous. They nestle 

 on trees, in the holes of old ruins and towers, or in the clefts of trees or rocks. The 

 male and female sit alternately. They live on insects, worms, offals, grains, fruits, 

 &c. and their flesh is generally hard, tough, and unsavoury. 



Gen. 1. OPISTHOCOMUS, Illig. Phasianus, Lath. 



Bill thick, short, convex, bent at its point ; base dilated late- 

 rally ; lower mandible strong, terminated in an angle ; nos- 

 strils in the middle of the bill covered above by a mem- 

 brane ; legs robust ; tarsus shorter than the middle toe ; toes 

 bordered by rudimentary membranes ; the first wing-feather 

 short, the four following graduated, and the sixth the longest. 



O. cristatus, Tern. (Hoalzin, Ray.) Plumage above brownish white, 

 beneath black ; a space round the eyes naked and rufous ; head 

 crested ; wings with two pale bands j tail cuneiform, tipped with 

 yellow. One foot ten inches long. Guiana Shaw, xi. pi. 11. 



Gen. 2. BUCEROS, Lin. 

 Bill long, convex, curved, sharp-edged, of large dimensions, 



