VI 



NOTE 



ON THE 



EURINORYNCHUS GRISEUS: 



By J. T. PEARSON, Esquire, 



Assistant Surgeon, Curator Mus. As. Sue, 



Class. — AvES. Auctorum. Ord. — Grallatores. 111. 

 Trib ? Fam — — ? 



Gen. — EuRiNORYNCHUs. Wilson. 



Gen. Ch. — Bill, elongated, depressed, dilated at the tip, covered with 

 feathers around the base. Upper mandible serrated along the middle of 

 the roof of the mouth. 



Nostrils entirely hidden by the feathers at the base of the bill. 



Legs four-toed, three toes forward, and one backward ; cleft; the 

 hinder toe elevated, so that its tip alone rests on the ground ; toes margin- 

 ed along the sides, and furnished with short curved nails, of which that 

 upon the middle toe has a sharp margin on its inner side. 



Tail short, of twelve feathers, rounded. 



Wings long, extending beyond the tail ; first quill longest. 



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