CRYPTONYX. CRYPTONYX. 



Generic Character. 



Beak short, thickened, com- 

 pressed, its base smooth, 

 towards the apex incurved. 



Nostrils lateral, longitudinal, 



half closed, with a naked 



membrane. 

 Orbits naked. 

 Feet four-toed, smooth, the 



hinder toe without a claw. 

 Tail short, bent down, and 



rounded. 



Rostrum breviusculum, cras- 



siusculum, compressum, 



basi glabrum, versus api- 



cem incurvum. 

 Nares laterales, longitudi- 



nales, membrana nuda se- 



miclausae. 

 Orbitae nudse. 

 Pedes tetradactyli, mutici, di- 



gito postico ungue nullo. 

 Cauda brevis, declivis, ro- 



tundata. 



CRYPTONYX. Temm, 

 LIPONYX. Vieillot. 

 COLUMBA. Gmfl. Lath. 

 PEBDIX. Lath. 

 TETRAO. Gmel. 

 PHASIANUS. Sparrman. 



1 HE great peculiarity with birds of this genus 

 is, that the hinder toe is destitute of a claw : the 

 space round the eyes is naked: the tail is short 

 and even ; and the tarsi are without spurs : the 

 wings are very short : very little is known of their 

 manners. 



