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GENUS XII. MALACOKHYNCHUS. 



Exr. Char. Pedes digitis posterioribus parvis, et non lobatis. Tibia paululum denudatae. 

 Rostrum longum, ad apicem midturn latissimum, et lateribus membranis flexilibus instructis. 

 Lamella longte. Nares ovales, parvae, prope basin locata;. 



Anat. Char. Ignoti. 



Ext. Char. Feet with the posterior toe small, and not lobated. Thiylis little denuded. 

 Bill long, at the apex much the broadest, and furnished on the sides with flexible membranes. 

 Lamella long. Nostrils oval, small, placed near the base. 



Anat Char. Unknown. 



Anas. Linn. 

 Rhynchaspis. L^each. 



Malacorhynchus. Swainson. 



Type. Malacorhynchus membrinacea. 



Affinities. No skeleton is, that I am aware of, at present in England; but we should sup- 

 pose that the bony part of the bill does not extend so far laterally at the point as might be supposed, 

 or, in other words, is not so broad at the apex. Under this supposition, the bird on which Mr. 

 Swainson formed the genus ( Malacorhynchus membrinacea) forms a beautiful link between the 

 true shovellers and the following genus. 



