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The genus Syrrhaptes of Illiger resembles the 
gallinaceous type, as Cuvier -has asserted. The 
tarsi are short and are covered with feathers, as 
are also the toes, which are only three in number, 
short, and united at their base : the wings are long 
and pointed. Only one species is known, the 
Tetrao paradoxus of Latham. 
Anotheh genus of uncertain situation, the Tocro, 
Odontophorus Guianensis, (Perdix dentatus of La- 
tham) is omitted in the above account of the 
Gallinacese. It greatly resembles the birds of the 
genus Ortyx, but differs in many respects from 
them : it possesses the following characters : beak 
smooth at the base ; above convex ; the sides 
greatly compressed ; the under mandible towards 
the tip bidentate: the orbits and lores naked: 
the tail short, bent down, consisting of twelve 
feathers. 
