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pedes breves, vix scansorii, digitis anticis tribus iiiembraua connexis, 

 externo subvcrsatili, poUice omnium minimo: akç brevicula?. 



101. Musophaginœ . Cauda longa, rotundata, rectricibus latis decern. 



Ordo4. COLUMB.E. 



39. ColumbidjE. Rostrum breve, tenue, débile, fornicatum ; cuticula mollis, 



tumida, naribus imposita: pedes breves; digiti siibtus molles, sub- 

 incrassati ; plumœ corporis densoe, rachide ad medium crassiore : 

 plumœ uropygii rigiduloe. 



102. Columhinœ. Digiti omnino fissi, parum divergentes : pedes parvuli, 

 poUice insistente ; tarsi scutati : alse longiculse. 



103. Ptilophi/rincv. Digiti plica cutis ad basim juncti, valde divergentes : 

 pedes validiculi, poUice subelevato ; tarsi reticulati : aloe breves : 

 Cauda longa. 



Subclassis 2. GRALLATORES. 

 Ordo5. GALLIN.E. 



40. Pteroclidj3. Rostrum tenue : alee longoe, acutee : cauda subelongata, 



acuta. 



104. Syrrhaptince. Digiti très coadunati, solo apice distincti. 



105. Pteroclimv. Digiti quatuor, anterioribus membrana connexis ad ba- 



sim. 



41. PENELOPiDiE. Rostrum validum, durum: digiti a basi divergentes, mem- 



brana connexi ; ungues magni, compressi, acuti ; pollicis insistons 

 major : alee breves : cauda elongata. 



106. Penelopinœ. Pedes elongati, crassi. 



42. Phasi.\nid.e. Rostrum subvalidum, prce naribus excisum : digiti antici 



membrana connexi ad basim ; pollex longiculus : alee breves, ro- 



tundatee : cauda producta. 

 10/. Pavonime. Cauda in flabellum explicabilis, tectricibus productissi- 



mis. 

 108. Phasianincv. Cauda compressa, inexplicabilis. 



43. Tetraonid^e. Rostrum validum, continue convexum, durum : digiti an- 



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