70 CLASS II. ORDER V. 



PENELOPE, (jacu-turkey,) bill naked at the base ; 

 head covered with feathers ; chin naked ; tail 

 with 12 feathers ; legs without spurs. 



PHASIANUS, (hen, pheasant,) bill short, strong ; 

 cheeks covered with a smooth naked skin ; legs 

 generally with spurs. 



NUMIDIA, (guinea-hen,) bill strong, short ; the 

 base covered with a carunculate cere receiving the 

 nostrils ; head horned, with a compressed, colour- 

 ed callus ; tail short, bending down; body speck- 

 led. 



TETRAD, (partridge, quail, grous,) near the eyes 

 a spot which is either naked, papillose or (very 

 rarely) covered with feathers. 



COLUMRA, (pigeon, dove, turtle-dove,) bill 

 straight, descending towards the tip ; nostrils ob- 

 long, half covered with a soft timid membrane. 



ORDER 5. GRALLATORES. 



Having the two outer toes, partially zinited. 

 Long-legged ivalking binds. 



Section A. Short- winged. 



STRUTHIO, (ostrich, cassowary,) bill subcomc ; 

 nostrils oval ; wings short, unfit for flight ; feet 

 formed for running;.. 



DIDUS, (dodo,) bill narrowed in the middle. 

 with two transverse wrinkles ; each mandible 

 bent in at the tip ; nostrils oblique, near the edge 

 of the middle of the bill ; face naked beyond the 

 ,cyes ; legs short ; feet cleft ; wings unfit for 

 flight ; tail none, 





