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TROGON, (curuke,) bill shorter than the head, 

 sharp edged, hooked, the mandibles serrate at the 

 edge ; feet formed for climbing. 



CROTOPHAGA, (giant blackbird,) bill compress- 

 ed, semioval, arched, carinate on the back ; up- 

 per mandibles angular at each edge ; nostrils per* 

 vious. 



RHAMPHASTOS, (toucan,) bill enormous, empty,, 

 convex, serrate at the edges ; each mandible in- 

 curvate at the tip ; behind the base of the bill, 

 long, narrow ; tongue feathered at the edges ; feet 

 mostly climbers, 



PSITTACUS, (parrot,) bill hooked, upper mandi 

 ble moveable, (mostly) covered with a cere ; nos 

 trils rounded, placed in the base of the bill ; tongue 

 fleshy, obtuse, entire ; feet formed for climbing, 



ORDER 4. GALLINAOES. 



Having the forward toes united partially at the 

 base, and jagged along their edges. Hen-like 

 birds. 



PAVO, (peacock,) bill convex, robust ; head 

 covered with revolute feathers ; nostrils large ; 

 feathers of the rump long, broad, expansile and 

 covered with eye-form spots. 



MELEAGRIS, ^turkey,) bill conic, in.curva.te : 

 head covered with spongy caruncles ; chin with a 

 longitudinal membranous caruncle ; tail broad, 

 expansile ; legs spurred. 



CUAX, (carassow, peruvian hen,) bill strong, 

 thick, the base of each mandible covered with a 

 cere ; nostrils in the middle of the cere ; feathers 

 covering the head, revolute ; tail large, straight^ 

 expansile, 



