70 CLASS II. ORDER V. 
PENELOPE, (jacu-tarkey,) bill naked at the base ; 
head covered with feathers; chin naked; tail 
with 12 feathers ; legs without spurs. 
Puasianus, (hen, pheasant,) bill short, strong ; 
cheeks covered with a smooth naked skin; legs 
generally with spurs. 3 | 
Numip1a, (guinea-hen,) bill strong, short; the 
base covered with a carunculate cere receiving the 
nostrils ; head horned, with a compressed, colour- 
ed callus ; tail short, bending down; body speck- 
led. 
Terrao, (partridge, quail, grous,) near the eyes 
aspot which is either naked, papillose or (very 
rarely) covered with feathers. : 
Co_umsa, (pigeon, dove, turtle-dove,) bill 
straight, descending towards the tip ; nostrils eb- 
tong, half covered with a soft timid membrane. 
ORDER 5. GRALLATORES. 
Having the two outer toes partially united. 
Long-legged walking birds. 
Section A. Short-rwinged. 
STRUTHIO, (ostrich, cassowary,) bill subconic ; 
nostrils eval ; wings short, unfit for flight; feet 
formed for running. 
Dinus, (dodo,) bill narrowed in the middle, 
with two transverse wrinkles; each mandible 
bent in at the tip ; nostrils oblique, near the edge 
of the middle of the bill; face naked beyond the 
eyes; legs short; feet cleft; wings unfit for 
flight; tail none. 
