146 ordo avivm. 



Fam. §. LXXV. 



v " FAMILIA SEPTIMA. 



PLAVTVS; TRIDACTYLVS; Palmipes; 

 digito nullo poftico. 



Prout Familia III pedes habet tridactylos, digitis fimplicibus vel 

 divifis, nullo poftico; iic inter palmatos hax familia habet pedes trida- 

 ctylos forti membrana conjunctos, nullo poftico. Aves hujus familiae 

 corpore iunt quafi ovsto. 



I. Plavtvs Colvmbarivs. Columbusgrcenlandicus. ©icXflllbC* 

 The Cock Grcenlands Dove. Albin II. go. Columba grcenlandiea, Tur- 

 turelle "de mer ; the Grcenland Dove or Sea - Turttle , Sibb. in infula 

 BaiTa, Albin I. 85 '■> VVilL p, 245. Duyf Martenfii ; the fpotted Grcen- 

 lands Dove Edward I. p. 50. 



Mas niger; roftro e nigro carulefcente ; oculis nigris in flavo an- 

 nulo; rectricibus albis e cinereo fquamatis; Fceminze venter a thorace 

 albus & cinereus; tcctrices nigrs prout dorfum integrum, colfum caput- 

 que per puntfia alba quafi per iquamas varia; remigibus dimidiis fuicis, 

 nigro fimbriatis ; Maris pedes rubri, fceminae grifei. Bicuntur byeme eo- 

 lores mutare. Buobus ialtim ovis,. prout Columbae incubant; occur- 

 runt & in littoribus Scotise & Wallise; vid. Edvvardi finalL black and 

 white Divers II. p. 91. 



II. Plavtvs Rostro Larino. Lomvia Quf.j. SDMtm^Cfyna* 

 fccL The Guille rnot, orSea-Hen; Albinl. 84- A Skout, a Kiddow, 

 VVill 



Corpore, ut fere omnium , ovato; Capite, colfo, dorfo pedibus- 

 que ex atro fufcis ; Truncus inferne albus ; cauda vix 2" Longa ; Roftro 

 Lari fimili, nigro, ad radicem mandibuls fuperioris Hnea flava; cujus 

 color variare folet. Gnittem fignificat avem, cui facile imponi poteft ; 

 omnes autein aves hujus familia: valde ftolidae funL 



III. Plavtvs Arcticvs. Anas arctica Chif. Pica marina vel Fra- 

 tercula Gem. Aldr. Lunda Worm. Preftholm, Guldenhead ; Bottle nofe, 

 Helegua, Coulterneb, Albin II. 78- 79. Paflagey-Duycker, Mart. QBW& 



Hct, SSuttcIimfc. 



Albinus perperam huic avi tribuit digitum pofticum. Magnitudine^ 

 eft Anatis; roftrum habet breve, triangulare, ad radicem cute dura, ut 

 Piittacigrifeavelfubfiava; ad exitum rubmni, ter canaliculatum; oculis 



flavis— 



