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Sp. 6. Go. erythrotliorax. Steph. v. xi. p. 127. — Surinam. 

 Sp. 7. Go. montana. Steph. v. xi. p. 130. — America. 

 Sp. 8. Go. Martinica. Steph. v. xi. p. 132. — Martinique. 

 Sp. 9. Go. Passerina, Steph. v. x\. p. 133. — America. 

 Sp. 10. Go. Picui. Steph. v. \i. p. 135. — Paraguay. 

 Sp. 11. Go. Talpacoti. Steph. v. xi. p. 136. — America. 

 Sp. 12. Go. minuta. Steph. v. xi. p. 137. — America. 



B. Rostio hasi carunculato. 



B. With the beak carunculated at the base. 



Sp. 13. Go. Nicobarica. Steph. v. xi. p. 122. — Moluccas. 

 Sp. 14. Go. carunculata. Steph. v. xi. p. 123. — Africa. 



FAMILY II.— PHASIANIDiE. 



Rostrum diversum, supra convexum, basi nudum aut plumosiim, 

 vel interdum membrana verrucosa ornatum: caput plus minusve 

 7iudum: pedes tetradactyli; digito postico suhelongato; tarsi 

 plerumque calcarati: Cauda rectricibus \A ad 18. 



Beak various, convex above, the base naked or plumose, or some- 

 times furnished with a warty membrane : head more or less 

 naked : legs four-toed, the hinder toe rather elongated : the 

 tarsi generally armed with spurs: the tail with from 14 to 

 18 feathers. 



The birds of this family are usually of splendid 

 plumage, and of large size ; their manners have been 

 amply detailed in the eleventh volume of this work *. 



* As this supplementary arrangement has already considerably 

 exceeded the limits originally designed ; — and as the Rasorial 

 and Grallatorial Birds are divided into the modern genera in the 

 preceding volumes, I shall merely add, in the subsequent pages, 

 the characters of the latter order and of the families, and a list 

 of the genera according to their affinities ; introducing in their 



