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CLASS II. ORDER VI. 
Section C. Feet wholly palmated. 
Pe.icanus, (pelican, cormorant, shag, booby, ) 
dill straight, hooked at the point and furnished 
with a nail; nostrils an obliterated slit ; face na- 
kedish ; legs equally balancing the body ; ; all the 
four toes palmate. 
Prortus,(darter,) bill straight, pointed, toothed ; 
nostrils with a slit near the base; face and chin 
naked ; legs short; all the toes connected. 
PH#ToN, (tropic bird,) bill sharp-edged, 
straight, pointed, the gape of the mouth reaching: 
heyond ; nostrils oblong; hind tee turned for. 
ward. 
Anas, (goose, duck, swan, ical,) bill convex, 
obtuse, the edges divided into lamellate teeth, 
tongue fringed, obtuse ; three fore-toes connected, 
hind one solitary. 
Mercus, (merganser, goosander, nun,) bill 
toothed, slender, cylindrical, hooked at the point ; 
nostrils small, oval, in the middle of the bill : feet 
four-toed, outer toe longest. 
