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PALAMEDEA, (screamer,) bill conic ; upper man- 

 hooked ; nostrils oval ; feet four-toed, cleft, 

 a very small membrane connecting the toes at the 

 root. 



RALLUS, (rail, crake, water-hen,) bill thicldsli 

 at the base, attenuated on the back towards the 

 tip, compressed, a little incurved, pointed ; tongue 

 rough at the tip ; body compressed ; tail short ; 

 feet four- toed , cleft. 



FULICA, (coot, rain-hen, gallinule,) bill convex, 

 upper mandible arched over the lower at the edge, 

 lower gibbose near the tip ; nostrils oblong ; 

 front bald ; feet four-toed, subpinnate. 



GLAREQLA, (sea-swallow,) bill strong, short, 

 strait, hooked at the tip ; nostrils at the base of 

 the bill, linear, oblique ; gape of the mouth large ; 

 feet four-toed ; toes long, slender, connected at the 

 base by a membrane ; tail forked, consisting of 12 

 feathers. 



PHOENICOPTERUS, (flamingo,) bill naked, tooth- 

 ed, bent as if broken ; nostrils linear ; feet four- 

 toed, palmate, the membranes semicircular on the 

 fore part ; hind toe not connected. 



ORDER 6. ANSERES. 



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Having palmate feet, with toes connected by* 

 membranes in most cases ; formed for swimming. 



Section A. Divers, with feet far back ; requiring 

 a position nearly erect for balancing the body. *~ 



COLYMBUS, (diver, loon, grebe,) bill toothless, 

 subulate, straight, pointed ; throat toothed; nostrils 

 linear at the base of the bill ; legs fettered. 



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