XV111. SYNOPSIS. 



Gen. 42. COLUMBA. Bill straight, compressed, con- 

 vex, bent at the tip; base of the upper mandible covered 

 with a soft skin more or less inflated, in which the nostrils 

 are situate: feet often red; hind toe articulated on the same 

 plane with the front ones: wings moderate or short; first 

 quill a little shorter than the second, which is longest. 



C. Palumbus, Linn - - v. i, p. 316 



C. CEnas, Linn. 



C. Livia, Briss. v. i, p. 318 



C. Turtur, Linn. v. i, p. 321 



ORDER X. GALLING. 



BILL short, convex, often furnished with a cere at 

 the base; upper mandible arched, curved from 

 its base or only at the point: nostrils lateral, 

 covered with an arched membrane naked or fur- 

 nished with feathers: tarsus long; three toes 

 before, generally united by a membrane; hind 

 toe sometimes wanting; when present, articu- 

 lated high on the tarsus. 



Gen. 43. MELEAGRIS. Bill short, thick, convex, fur- 

 nished at the base with an elongated, pendulous, fleshy 

 appendage : head and neck naked ; throat with a pendulous 

 carunculated wattle: tarsi of the male armed with spurs: 

 tail broad, expansile, consisting of from fourteen to eighteen 

 feathers. 



* M. Gallopavo, Linn. - - - v. i, p. 330 



Gen. 44. PAVO. Bill naked at the base, convex above, 

 deflected at the tip: cheeks partially naked; head small, and 

 crested: tarsi of the male furnished with spurs: tail of 

 eighteen feathers; upper tail coverts longer than the tail, 

 broad and expansile, adorned with rich ocellated spots. 



* P. cristatus, Linn. - v. i, p. 333 



