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[fuligulin.e. 



GENUS VII. FULIGULA. 



Ext. Char. Pedes digitis posterioribus lobatis, externis inter mediis equantibus. Tibia 

 plumatse. Rostrum prope apicem latissimuin, obtusum. Lamella: abbreviatae et non ad marginem 

 continuata?. Nares subovales, parvissimee. Cauda brevissima. Lingua obtusa ad apicem appen- 

 diculata, lateribus una ordine setarum flexilum instructis ; in medio ad latera supra has setas 

 quatuoribus spinis instructis. 



Anat. Char. Trachea tubula inferiore parte contractu. Larynx inferior bulbo laterali, 

 partim membrinaeeo, partim osseo, latere complanato. 



Ext. Char. Feet with the hind toes lobated, the outer ones scarcely ecpial to the middle. 

 Thighs feathered, Bill l)roadest at the point, blunt. Lamella: abbreviated, and not continued to 

 the margin. Nostrils suboval, very small. Tail very short. Tongue obtuse, with an appendage 

 at tlie tip, and the sides furnished with one row of flexible bristles ; in the middle with the sides 

 above the bristles furnished with four spines. 



A nat. Char. Trachea with inferior portion of the tube contracted. The inferior Larynx 

 with one lateral bulb, partly membrinaceous, partly osseous, on the sides compressed. 



Anas. Linn. 





I'i ligula. Ray, Leach. 



NYROCA. L'lr wing. 



GLAI (11 M, Ql ERQ1 EDI LA. 



\'\ i-K. Fuligula Marilla. 



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