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III. PALMIPEDES, or WEB-FOOTED BIRDS. 



* Half-webbed, having long legs. Semipalmati. 



31. Avofet. $2>' Recurvirq/lra. 89. A flattened, (lender, pointed bill, bent up- 



wards. 

 49. Corrira. A fhort, ftraight, narrow, toothlefs bill. 



41. PhoenicQpterus. 79. A denticulated bill, bent upwards abruptly. 



33. Courier. 

 .33. Flamingo. 



** Full-webbed, having (hort legs. Palmati. 



34. Duck. 



35. Merganfer. 



36. Auk. 



28. Anas. 6y. 



29. 



3®- 



Mergus. 68. 

 Alca. 6g. 



\j. Penguin. 31. Aptenodyta. 



-38. Petrel. 



32. Procellarla. 70. 



39. Albatrofs. 33. Diomedea. 71. 



40. Pelican. 



41. Darter. 



42. Tropicer. 



43. Guillemot. 



34. Pelicanus. 7 "2. 

 3$. Plottus. 7$. 



36. Phaeton. 74. 

 Uria. 



A broad bill, with a claw at the point of 

 the upper mandible, and having mem- 

 branous teeth at the edges. 



A (lender bill, with a claw at the point, 

 and having (harp teeth at the edges. 



The bill is flattened at the fides, with 

 tranfverfe lateral wrinkles j the feet 

 have three toes. 



The bill is ftraight, narrow, furrowed at 

 the fides, and a little bent downwards 

 at the point ; the wings refemble fins, 

 and are ufelefs for flight. 



The bill is ftraight, and hooked at the end j 

 the hoftrils refemble a tube lying on 

 the bafe of the bill; the feet have each 

 a fpur in place of a back toe. 



The lower mandible is abrupt, the upper 

 one hooked at the end ; the feet have 

 three toes. 



The face is naked; a membranous bag 

 hangs down from the under mandible. 



The bill is long, ftraight, fharp pointed, 

 and ferrated at the edges ; the neck is 

 very long. 



The bill is flattened at the fides, (harp- 

 edged, and ferrated. 



The bill is flraight, (lender, ftrong, and 

 pointed ; the feet have only three toes. 



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