LINN^US. 



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87. Tringa, sandpiper. Beak roundish, as long as the 

 head ; nostrils linear ; feet with four toes : 23 species. 



88. Charadrius, plover. Beak roundish, obtuse ; feet 

 with three toes : 12 species. 



89. Recurvirostra, avoset. Beak slender, recurved, 

 pointed, the tip flexible : 1 species. 



90. HcBmatopus, oystercatcher. Beak compressed, the 

 tip wedgeshaped : 1 species. 



91. Fulica, coot. Beak convex; upper mandible arch- 

 ed over the lower, which has a prominent angle : 7 spe- 

 cies. 



92. Parr a, jacana. Beak rouncUsh, bluntish ; forehead 

 wattled ; wings spurred : 5 species. 



93. Rallus, rail. Beak thicker at the base, compressed, 

 acute : 10 species. 



94. Psophia, trumpeter. Beak conical, convex, rather 

 sharp ; the upper mandible longer : 1 species. 



95. Otis, bustard. Beak with the upper mandible 

 arched : 4 species. 



96. Struthio, ostrich and cassowary. Beak somewhat 

 conical ; wings unfit for flying : 3 species. 



Order V. Galling, Gallinaceous Birds. 



97. Didus, dodo. Beak contracted in the middle, with 

 two transverse rugae ; the tip of both mandibles bent in- 

 wards : 1 species, now extinct. 



98. Pavo, pea-fowl. Head covered with feathers ; fea- 

 thers of the rump elongated, with eyeUke spots : 3 species. 



99. Meleagris, turkey-fowl. Head covered with spongy 

 caruncles; the throat with a longitudinal membranous 

 wattle : 3 species. 



100. Craoc, curassow-bird. Beak with a cere at the 

 base ; head covered with recurved feathers : 5 species. 



101. Phasianus, pheasartt. Sides of the head bare : 6 

 species. 



102. Numida, Guinea-fowl. Carunculated wattles on 

 each side of the face ; head with a horny crest : 1 species. 



