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

 externo subversatili, pollice omnium minimo : aloe breviculse. 



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



Ordo4. COLUMB^. 



39. CoLUMBiD^. Rostrum breve, tenue, debile, fornicatum ; cuticula mollis, 



tumida, naribus imposita : pedes breves ; digiti subtus moUes, sub- 

 incrassati ; plumse corporis densae, rachide ad medium crassiore : 

 plumae uropygii rigidulse. 



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

 pollice insistente ; tarsi scutati : aloe longiculee. 



103. Vtilophyrince. Digiti plica cutis ad basim juncti, valde divergentes : 

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

 Cauda longa. 



Subclassis 2. GRALLATORES. 

 Ordo5. GALLING. 



40. Pteroclid^. Rostrum tenue : alse longoe, acutoe : cauda subelongata, 



acuta. 



1 04. Syrrhaptinoe. Digiti tres coadunati, solo apice distincti. 



105. Pteroclince. 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 insistens 

 major : aloe breves : cauda elongata. 



106. Penelopince. Pedes elongati, crassi. 



42. Phasianid^. Rostrum subvalidum, proe naribus excisum : digiti antici 



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

 tundatoe : cauda producta. 



107. Pavonince. Cauda in flabellum explicabilis, tectricibus productissi- 



mis. 



108. Phasianince. Cauda compressa, inexplicabilis. 



43. TfiTRAONiDiE. Rostrum validum, continue convexum, durum : digiti an- 



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